Genetics

DNA methylation changes in neurons of bipolar disorder patients

A research collaboration based in Kumamoto University, Japan, has revealed the DNA methylation status of gene transcriptional regulatory regions in the frontal lobes of patients with bipolar disorder (BD). The regions with ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

Why bipolar patients don't take their meds

People with bipolar disorder may not take their medication because of side effects, fear of addiction and a preference for alternative treatment, according to research from Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust (NSFT) ...

Psychology & Psychiatry

New findings link brain's immune system to psychosis

New research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests a link between psychosis and a genetic change that affects the brain's immune system. The study published in Molecular Psychiatry may impact the development of modern ...

Health

Epidemic of firearm injury spurs new wave of research

Fifty-five years ago, America's death toll from automobile crashes was sky-high. Nearly 50,000 people died every year from motor vehicle crashes, at a time when the nation's population was much smaller than today.

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