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Phase 2 clinical study examines Alzheimer's disease drug to treat adults with Down syndrome

A phase 2 clinical trial in young adults with Down syndrome of a drug being investigated for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease supports further investigation of its potential.

1 Jun 2017

Nearly half of adults with mood disorders experience chronic pain, survey finds

In a survey of adults with anxiety or a mood disorder like depression or bipolar disorder, about half reported experiencing chronic pain, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health.

31 May 2017

Oxytocin treatment may help overcome drug addiction, study suggests

Many people have suggested that addiction hijacks the body's natural drives in the service of compulsive drug use.

31 May 2017

Review: Role of childhood trauma in increasing psychosis risk

Childhood trauma is the experience of a highly distressing event or situation during one's youth, which is beyond a minor's capacity for coping or control.

30 May 2017

Child's attendance in obesity therapy not necessary to achieve effective outcomes, study shows

One-third of American children are overweight or obese, which is associated with serious health issues, such as diabetes, heart disease and asthma.

30 May 2017

FDA issues Complete Response Letter for Sunovion’s New Drug Application to treat COPD patients

Sunovion Pharmaceuticals Inc. today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Complete Response Letter for the New Drug Application for SUN-101/eFlow (glycopyrrolate) for the long-term, maintenance treatment of airflow obstruction in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), including chronic bronchitis and/or emphysema

27 May 2017

Gray matter density increases during transition from childhood to young adulthood, study reveals

For years, the common narrative in human developmental neuroimaging has been that gray matter in the brain - the tissue found in regions of the brain responsible for muscle control, sensory perception such as seeing and hearing, memory, emotions, speech, decision making, and self-control -- declines in adolescence, a finding derived mainly from studies of gray matter volume and cortical thickness (the thickness of the outer layers of brain that contain gray matter).

26 May 2017

Scientists report brain network organization changes that underlie improvements in executive function

As children age into adolescence and on into young adulthood, they show dramatic improvements in their ability to control impulses, stay organized, and make decisions.

25 May 2017

New findings provide insights into brain mechanisms underlying alcohol addiction

The human brain functions on a delicate balance of reinforcing positive behaviors and suppressing negative ones, which takes place in the dorsal striatum, a brain region critical for goal-directed behavior and implicated in drug and alcohol addiction.

25 May 2017

Cognitive behavioral therapy can help cure many common phobias

Everyone fears something. In fact, it is estimated that more than 19 million Americans suffer from specific phobia.

24 May 2017

Intranasal oxytocin can influence how individuals with autism perceive emotion in others

A recent study has demonstrated that intranasal oxytocin can influence how individuals with autism perceive emotion in others. This is an important first step for a potential pharmacological treatment of autism.

24 May 2017

Drug-related cues increase craving, dopamine release in the brain of recreational cocaine users

Even among non-dependent cocaine users, cues associated with consumption of the drug lead to dopamine release in an area of the brain thought to promote compulsive use, according to researchers at McGill University.

24 May 2017

Researchers aim to explore role of physical activity on aging trajectories of the brain

Most people know that regular exercise can keep a body looking and feeling young. What about the brain?

24 May 2017

Causal connection between deep sleep and learning efficiency

For the first time, researchers of the University of Zurich and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have demonstrated the causal context of why deep sleep is important to the learning efficiency of the human brain.

22 May 2017

Self-management programs help veterans to better manage and cope with pain symptoms

Self-management programs are teaching veterans with chronic pain to become more active, manage symptoms, reduce stigma and frustration, and minimize depression and other mood disorders, according to a VA researcher speaking today at the American Pain Society Annual Scientific Conference, www.americanpainsociety.org.

22 May 2017

Psychiatry expert offers positive advice for parents experiencing empty nest syndrome

This spring, more than 17,000 high school seniors (out of 102,000 applicants), were offered admission to UCLA for the fall of 2017.

18 May 2017

Newly identified biomarkers could help predict cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease patients

New biomarkers identified by a research team in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania could help predict which Parkinson's disease patients will suffer significant cognitive deficits within the first three years of their diagnosis.

18 May 2017

Online self-management program benefits parents with bipolar disorder

Online self-management support for parents with Bipolar Disorder leads to improvements in parenting and child behavior.

17 May 2017

Neurobiologists uncover reason for defects in the blood-brain barrier of Huntington's disease patients

By using induced pluripotent stem cells to create endothelial cells that line blood vessels in the brain for the first time for a neurodegenerative disease, University of California, Irvine neurobiologists and colleagues have learned why Huntington's disease patients have defects in the blood-brain barrier that contribute to the symptoms of this fatal disorder.

17 May 2017

Novel app that predicts manic, depressive episodes in people with bipolar disorder wins grand prize

A team led by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago, along with collaborators at the University of Michigan and Sage Bionetworks, has won the Mood Challenge for ResearchKit, a contest that called on researchers to come up with new ways to study mood disorders using Apple's ResearchKit, an open-source platform for creating iOS apps.

17 May 2017

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Phase 2 clinical study examines Alzheimer's disease drug to treat adults with Down syndrome

Nearly half of adults with mood disorders experience chronic pain, survey finds

Oxytocin treatment may help overcome drug addiction, study suggests

Review: Role of childhood trauma in increasing psychosis risk

Child's attendance in obesity therapy not necessary to achieve effective outcomes, study shows

FDA issues Complete Response Letter for Sunovion’s New Drug Application to treat COPD patients

Gray matter density increases during transition from childhood to young adulthood, study reveals

Scientists report brain network organization changes that underlie improvements in executive function

New findings provide insights into brain mechanisms underlying alcohol addiction

Cognitive behavioral therapy can help cure many common phobias

Intranasal oxytocin can influence how individuals with autism perceive emotion in others

Drug-related cues increase craving, dopamine release in the brain of recreational cocaine users

Researchers aim to explore role of physical activity on aging trajectories of the brain

Causal connection between deep sleep and learning efficiency

Self-management programs help veterans to better manage and cope with pain symptoms

Psychiatry expert offers positive advice for parents experiencing empty nest syndrome

Newly identified biomarkers could help predict cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease patients

Online self-management program benefits parents with bipolar disorder

Neurobiologists uncover reason for defects in the blood-brain barrier of Huntington's disease patients

Novel app that predicts manic, depressive episodes in people with bipolar disorder wins grand prize

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