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White matter integrity supports heritability of bipolar disorder

Researchers have detected widespread white matter integrity reductions in patients with bipolar disorder, which extend to their unaffected siblings.

13 Nov 2013

People suffering from chronic pain, emotional distress likely to receive long-term opioid therapy

People suffering from chronic non-cancer pain and severe emotional distress, such as depression, anxiety and substance use, are likely to receive long-term opioid therapy despite a lack of evidence that this treatment helps, reports a new review in General Hospital Psychiatry.

13 Nov 2013

Novel approach confirms dysfunctional energy production in schizophrenia

A method of directly assessing creatine kinase in the brain provides “direct and compelling” evidence for abnormal bioenergetics in the brains of patients with schizophrenia, say the study authors.

12 Nov 2013

University of Sydney lecture to focus on the minds of teenage girls

Imagine a classroom of normal healthy teenage girls. As many as half of them may grow up and develop anxiety and depression. But which ones will they be?

12 Nov 2013

Researchers develop model that predicts earlier prediction of Alzheimer's disease in older adults

Using scores obtained from cognitive tests, Johns Hopkins researchers think they have developed a model that could help determine whether memory loss in older adults is benign or a stop on the way to Alzheimer's disease.

12 Nov 2013

Father's cocaine use may make sons less sensitive to drug and more likely to resist addictive behaviors

A father's cocaine use may make his sons less sensitive to the drug and thereby more likely to resist addictive behaviors, suggests new findings from an animal study presented by Penn Medicine researchers at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

12 Nov 2013

Pregnant women may transmit effects of stress to child by way of bacteria in vagina and placenta

Pregnant women may transmit the damaging effects of stress to their unborn child by way of the bacteria in their vagina and through the placenta, suggest new findings from two animal studies presented by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

12 Nov 2013

Professor from LSUHSC receives Professor Miroslaw Medal from Polish Academy of Sciences

Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor and Director of the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence, has been awarded the Professor Miroslaw M. Mossakowski Medal by the Polish Academy of Sciences.

11 Nov 2013

Simple dot test could help doctors gauge extent of dopamine loss in Parkinson's patients

A pilot study by a multi-disciplinary team of investigators at Georgetown University suggests that a simple dot test could help doctors gauge the extent of dopamine loss in individuals with Parkinson's disease. Their study is being presented at Neuroscience 2013, the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience.

11 Nov 2013

Mood disorder subtypes remain in the family

Psychosis, mania, and depression are unlikely to have shared hereditary causes, report researchers in Molecular Psychiatry.

8 Nov 2013

Northwestern Medicine receives $12 million to continue organ transplant research with stem cells

An innovative Northwestern Medicine- research program investigating if stem cells may be the key to allowing organ transplant patients to stop taking immunosuppressive drugs has received $12 million in research funding. The grant will allow researchers to finish Phase II of the clinical trials and begin Phase III.

8 Nov 2013

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces recipients of NARSAD Investigator Grants

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation (formerly known as NARSAD, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression), under the direction of Dr. Jeffrey Borenstein, President & CEO, has announced the latest recipients of its NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants.

8 Nov 2013

Researchers clinically validate new method for predicting Alzheimer's progression

A Columbia University Medical Center-led research team has clinically validated a new method for predicting time to full-time care, nursing home residence, or death for patients with Alzheimer's disease.

8 Nov 2013

Primary care patients with anxiety disorders receive potentially adequate medication

A new study by Brown University psychiatry researchers found that seven in 10 primary care patients with anxiety disorders eventually received potentially adequate medication or psychotherapy, but for many it took years to happen and it was considerably less likely for minorities.

8 Nov 2013

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White matter integrity supports heritability of bipolar disorder

People suffering from chronic pain, emotional distress likely to receive long-term opioid therapy

Novel approach confirms dysfunctional energy production in schizophrenia

University of Sydney lecture to focus on the minds of teenage girls

Researchers develop model that predicts earlier prediction of Alzheimer's disease in older adults

Father's cocaine use may make sons less sensitive to drug and more likely to resist addictive behaviors

Pregnant women may transmit effects of stress to child by way of bacteria in vagina and placenta

Professor from LSUHSC receives Professor Miroslaw Medal from Polish Academy of Sciences

Simple dot test could help doctors gauge extent of dopamine loss in Parkinson's patients

Mood disorder subtypes remain in the family

Northwestern Medicine receives $12 million to continue organ transplant research with stem cells

Brain & Behavior Research Foundation announces recipients of NARSAD Investigator Grants

Researchers clinically validate new method for predicting Alzheimer's progression

Primary care patients with anxiety disorders receive potentially adequate medication

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