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Acquired synesthesia?
I came across this interesting article Colizoli O, Murre JM, and Rouw R (2012). Pseudo-Synesthesia through Reading Books with Colored Letters. PloS one, 7 (6) PMID: 22761905 posted at http://neuroskeptic.blogspot.com/2012/07/can-you-learn-to-be-synaesthetic.html I agree with the blogger and some real syn-esthetics who commented … Continue reading
Inflammatory mechanisms in major depressive disorder.
Curr Opin Psychiatry. 2011 Nov;24(6):519-25.Inflammatory mechanisms in major depressive disorder.Raedler TJ.Source Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. thomas.raedler@albertahealthservices.caAbstractPURPOSE OF REVIEW: As the ‘monoamine hypothesis of depression’ fails to explain all aspects of major depression, … Continue reading
Omega-3 supplementation lowers inflammation and anxiety in medical students: a randomized controlled trial.
Brain Behav Immun. 2011 Nov;25(8):1725-34. Epub 2011 Jul 19.Omega-3 supplementation lowers inflammation and anxiety in medical students: a randomized controlled trial.Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Belury MA, Andridge R, Malarkey WB, Glaser R.Source Institute for Behavioral Medicine Research, Ohio State University College of … Continue reading
Alcoholism and inflammation: neuroimmunology of behavioral and mood disorders.
Brain Behav Immun. 2011 Jun;25 Suppl 1:S13-20. Epub 2010 Dec 28.Alcoholism and inflammation: neuroimmunology of behavioral and mood disorders.Kelley KW, Dantzer R.Source Integrative Immunology and Behavior Program, Department of Animal Sciences, College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, … Continue reading
Inflammation-induced anhedonia: endotoxin reduces ventral striatum responses to reward.
Biol Psychiatry. 2010 Oct 15;68(8):748-54. Epub 2010 Aug 16.Inflammation-induced anhedonia: endotoxin reduces ventral striatum responses to reward.Eisenberger NI, Berkman ET, Inagaki TK, Rameson LT, Mashal NM, Irwin MR.Source Department of Psychology, Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, University of California, Los Angeles, … Continue reading
Maurice Preter, MD
Maurice Preter, MD is a European and U.S. educated psychiatrist, psychotherapist, psychopharmacologist, neurologist, and medical-legal expert in private practice in Manhattan. He is also the principal of Fifth Avenue Concierge Medicine, PLLC, a medical concierge service and health advisory for select individuals and families.