FDA approves new kind of drug for schizophrenia
The first new type of medication in decades to help fight against schizophrenia was approved on Thursday by the U.S. Food and. Drug Administration.
Sep 27, 2024
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Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins: News and Research on Receptors, Catecholamine
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A risky business: Why do some Parkinson's disease treatments affect decision making?
Parkinson's disease (PD), also known simply as Parkinson's, is a disorder of the nervous system that affects millions of people worldwide. The nerve cell damage associated with Parkinson's can cause tremors, slowed movements, ...
Sep 24, 2024
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New insights into brain's reward circuitry could aid addiction treatment
A research team—co-led by Penn Nursing—has made a significant breakthrough in understanding the complex neural circuitry underlying reward and addiction by identifying 34 distinct subtypes of medium spiny neurons (MSNs) in ...
Aug 14, 2024
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Abnormal brain structure identified in children with developmental language problems
A rigorous analysis of numerous studies concludes that a part of the brain traditionally associated with movement is abnormal in children with developmental language impairments, according to Georgetown University Medical ...
Mar 15, 2024
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Research into counteracting addiction's effects on the brain
Many people are wired to seek and respond to rewards. Your brain interprets food as rewarding when you are hungry and water as rewarding when you are thirsty. But addictive substances like alcohol and drugs of abuse can overwhelm ...
Jan 23, 2024
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New study reveals why we value things more when they cost us more
Ahab hunting down Moby Dick. Wile E. Coyote chasing the Road Runner. Learning Latin. Walking over hot coals. Standing in a long line for boba tea or entrance to a small, overpriced clothing retail store. Forking up for luxury ...
Nov 27, 2023
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Chronic stress is bad for broken bones: How psychological stress impairs bone growth and fracture healing
A study at Ulm University and its Medical Center has uncovered the molecular mechanisms by which psychological trauma and other massively stressful experiences slow down the healing of bone fractures.
Jul 13, 2023
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Study finds higher levels of common diet-associated microbe elevates heart failure risk
New research at Cleveland Clinic expands the link between what we eat and how the gut microbiome impacts our susceptibility to develop different diseases—in this case, how a specific gut microbe-generated byproduct is linked ...
Dec 16, 2022
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Galectin-3-centered paracrine network mediates cardiac inflammation and fibrosis upon β-adrenergic insult
In a study led by Dr. Han Xiao (Department of cardiology and institute of vascular medicine, Peking university third hospital), researchers found that rapid over-activation of β-adrenergic receptors (β-AR) following acute ...
Dec 5, 2022
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Brain cells identified for regulation of sleep-wake rhythm
A research team of the Center for Brain Research at the Medical University of Vienna has identified a specific cell group in the brain responsible for shifts in the sleep-wake rhythm caused by psychostimulants. A molecularly-defined ...
Oct 11, 2022
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