Neuroscience
BARseq builds a better brain map
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Professor Anthony Zador has taken the next step in his quest to solve exactly how the brain is wired.
Oct 17, 2019
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News tagged with neuropsychiatric disorders
Neuroscience
Can depression and anxiety be treated by stimulating brain signals?
Maryam Shanechi, the Andrew and Erna Viterbi Early Career Chair and assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, is trying to do something that has never been done before: treat neuropsychiatric disorders using ...
Oct 17, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Study uses real-time fMRI to treat Tourette Syndrome
Characterized by repetitive movements or vocalizations known as tics, Tourette Syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder that plagues many adolescents. A study conducted by Yale researchers has trained adolescents with Tourette ...
Aug 21, 2019
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Neuroscience
Disrupted genetic clocks in schizophrenia-affected brains reveal clues to the disease
Rhythms in gene expression in the brain are highly disrupted in people with schizophrenia, according to a new University of Pittsburgh-led study.
Aug 9, 2019
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Neuroscience
Improved human brain organoids to boost neurological disease research
Scientists at Harvard University and the Broad Institute's Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research have made a major advance in the development of human brain 'organoids': miniature, 3-D tissue cultures that model a patient's ...
Jun 5, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers have identified the first human-specific fusion gene
University at Buffalo researchers have identified the first human-specific fusion gene—a hybrid of two genes—implicated in Alzheimer's disease. The finding suggests that a neurotransmitter receptor, previously successful ...
May 16, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Nationwide study suggests obesity as an independent risk factor for anxiety and depression in young people
Obesity is linked with an increased risk of developing anxiety and depression in children and adolescents, independent of traditional risk factors such as parental psychiatric illness and socioeconomic status, according to ...
Apr 28, 2019
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Neuroscience
Researchers discover neural patterns key to understanding disorders such as PTSD
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have identified for the first time an imbalance in a key neural pathway that explains how some people reactivate negative emotional memories. The finding could help scientists ...
Apr 9, 2019
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Genetics
Research identifies genetic causes of poor sleep
The largest genetic study of its kind ever to use accelerometer data to examine how we slumber has uncovered a number of parts of our genetic code that could be responsible for causing poor sleep quality and duration.
Apr 5, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers uncover brain pathway linked to impulsive behaviours
Researchers from Singapore and South Korea have uncovered new details of a brain pathway that can cause impulsive behaviours.
Jan 25, 2019
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