From the University of Gothenburg media release: Many have recently questioned the efficacy of the most common antidepressant medications, the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The conclusion that these drugs are ineffective is however partly…
From the University of Alabama at Birmingham media release: Long-term administration of a drug that mimics the hunger-signaling hormone ghrelin protected Alzheimer’s disease-model mice from memory deterioration, despite a high-glycemic-index (GI) diet, according to research published…
From the University of California – Los Angeles Health Sciences media release: Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, a team of UCLA researchers has shown for the first time that children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)…
From the University of California – San Diego media release: Psychiatric disorders can be difficult to diagnose because clinicians must rely upon interpreted clues, such as a patient’s behaviors and feelings. For the first time, researchers…
From the American Academy of Sleep Medicine media release: A new study suggests that one night of partial sleep deprivation promotes biological aging in older adults. Results show that one night of partial sleep deprivation…
From the Springer Science+Business Media media release: Study suggests physical deviations in the face and head of pedophiles develop during the prenatal period. New research suggests pedophiles are more likely to have superficial facial flaws,…
From the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University media release: A star-shaped brain cell called an astrocyte appears to help keep blood pressure and blood flow inside the brain on a healthy, even…
From the NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY media release: Infants are capable of understanding relations like “same” and “different” Analogical learning processes are present in prelinguistic human infants Two pennies can be considered the same — both are…
From the Oxford University Press USA media release: An article, “Smaller amygdala and medial prefrontal cortex predict escalating stimulant use,” published online on May 13 in Brain: A Journal of Neurology has found that individual…
From the Scripps media release: Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have discovered that a brain protein has a key role in controlling binge drinking in animal models. They found that deleting the gene…