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Scientists Discover a Brain Signal Linked to Severe Suicidal Thoughts

P2RX7 may be linked to severe suicidal thoughts and recovery, but researchers still need to confirm the pattern in living people. Severe suicidal thoughts may leave a detectable biological signal in the brain, and that signal could also change when people recover.

Scientists Discover a Brain Signal Linked to Severe Suicidal Thoughts

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P2RX7 may be linked to severe suicidal thoughts and recovery, but researchers still need to confirm the pattern in living people.

Severe suicidal thoughts may leave a detectable biological signal in the brain, and that signal could also change when people recover.

Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have identified a receptor that may [...]

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P2RX7 may be linked to severe suicidal thoughts and recovery, but researchers still need to confirm the pattern in living people. Severe suicidal thoughts may leave a detectable biological signal in the brain, and that signal could also change when people recover. Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience have identified a receptor that may [...]

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