Antipsychotic drugs—used to treat the millions of people in the U.S. with schizophrenia—have lots of unpleasant side effects. The drugs also aren't effective for many people. There is an urgent need to develop better ...
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Has someone close to you just been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease? Well, chances are the disease has been progressing quietly but insidiously for more than 10 years, new research shows.
Jul 18, 2023
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Neuroscientists from the Faculty of Medicine of the Catholic University, Rome Campus, and the A. Gemelli IRCCS Polyclinic Foundation have found that intensive exercise could slow the course of Parkinson's disease. The finding ...
Jul 14, 2023
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The life of the tiny worm called Caenorhabditis elegans consists mostly of looking for food, eating food, and laying eggs. So, when any of these behaviors are disrupted, there's cause for concern. In a new study, Salk Institute ...
Jul 13, 2023
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Hand tremors and slowed movements are two of the most widely recognized hallmarks of Parkinson's disease, and for many sufferers the first indication that something is amiss. But by the time these symptoms manifest, those ...
Jul 5, 2023
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Dopamine has been known to increase when results are promising and decrease when expectations are not met. However, this role does not explain the ability to overcome disappointment.
Jun 20, 2023
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Brain responses to specific nutrients are diminished in individuals with obesity and are not improved after weight loss, according to a study led by Amsterdam UMC and Yale University, published today in Nature Metabolism.
Jun 12, 2023
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A new study from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience brings together two schools of thought on the function of the neurotransmitter dopamine: one saying that dopamine provides a learning signal, the other saying that ...
Jun 6, 2023
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A team of psychiatrists from Duke University and Yale University has found what they describe as a causal association between evening social media use and delayed sleep. In their study, reported in the journal Sleep Medicine, ...
Neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have uncovered how vitamin D deficiency affects developing neurons in schizophrenia, using new technology. The paper was published in the Journal of Neurochemistry.
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