From the Elsevier press release via ScienceDaily: Many lines of evidence indicate that schizophrenia is a disorder of neurodevelopment. For example, genes implicated in the heritable risk for schizophrenia are also implicated in the development…
From the Mayo Clinic press release via MedicalXpress: Children who avoid situations they find scary are likely to have anxiety a Mayo Clinic study of more than 800 children ages 7 to 18 found. The…
From the National University of Ireland, Galway press release via AlphaGalileo: New findings about how the brain functions to suppress pain have been published in the leading journal in the field Pain, by National University…
From the Baylor College of Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Introductions at a party seemingly go in one ear and out the other. However, if you meet someone two or three times during the party,…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: Families with a child completing elementary school this year are now preparing their registration for high school, a transition that is often stressful for children. A…
From the Washington University School of Medicine press release via EurekAlert!: Sleep is disrupted in people who likely have early Alzheimer’s disease but do not yet have the memory loss or other cognitive problems characteristic…
From the American Academy of Neurology press release via EurekAlert!: A new drug may improve memory problems in people with moderate Alzheimer’s disease, according to a phase IIa study released today that will be presented…
From the Elsevier media release: Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) deficits have been implicated in schizophrenia and depression. In schizophrenia, deficits have been particularly well-described for a subtype of GABA neuron, the parvalbumin fast-spiking interneurons. The activity…
From the BMJ-British Medical Journal press release via ScienceDaily: Short bouts of moderately intense exercise seem to boost self control, indicates an analysis of the published evidence in the British Journal of Sports Medicine. The…
From the American Sociological Association press release via EurekAlert!: Research has long linked high socioeconomic status with better health and lower mortality. But what’s remained unclear is whether this association has more to do with…