NCCR-Synapsy

The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases

How stress affect self-confidence during competition time

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How does stress affect our self-confidence when we compete? An EPFL study shows how stress could actually be both a consequence and a cause of social and economic inequality, affecting our ability to compete and make financial decisions. Stress is Read more…


Adapting optogenetics to reverse cocaine behavior

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Borrowing ideas from optogenetics, which uses light to control neurons, Christian Lüscher and colleagues have developed a combination therapy to treat cocaine-induced behaviors in mice. Recent research has shown that it may be possible to use optogenetics to reverse cocaine-related Read more…