Today's Links June 2, 2013

Exposure to general anaesthesia could increase the risk of dementia in elderly by 35 percent
Exposure to general anaesthesia increases the risk of dementia in the elderly by 35 percent, says new research.
Specific changes in brain structure after different forms of child abuse
Different forms of childhood abuse increase the risk for mental illness as well as sexual dysfunction in adulthood, but little has been known about how that happens. Scientists have now discovered a neural basis for this association. The study shows that sexually abused and emotionally mistreated children exhibit specific and differential changes in the architecture of their brain that reflect the nature of the mistreatment.

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