From the CAMH press release via EurekAlert!: Some of the dramatic differences seen among patients with schizophrenia may be explained by a single gene that regulates a group of other schizophrenia risk genes. These findings…
From the University of Oxford press release via EurekAlert!: Genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers…
From the UCLA press release via HealthCanal: UCLA researchers, in a finding that runs counter to conventional wisdom, have discovered for the first time that a gene thought to express a stress-response protein in all…
From the UC Irvine press release via ScienceDaily: A variant of a gene associated with active personality traits in humans seems to also be involved with living a longer life, UC Irvine and other researchers…
From the UCLA press release via EurekAlert!: Previous research has found that individuals who become more energized, talkative, and/or social when they drink – versus sedated or sleepy – are more likely to drink heavier.…
From the University of Montreal press release via EurekAlert!: A recent study by a researcher at the Centre for Studies on Human Stress (CSHS) at the Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine and professor at the Université de…
From the University of Nottingham press release via HealthCanal: Humans may be endowed with the ability to perform complex forms of learning, attention and function but the evolutionary process that led to this has put…
From the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft press release via ScienceDaily: Abused children are at high risk of anxiety and mood disorders, as traumatic experience induces lasting changes to their gene regulation. Scientists from the Max Planck Institute of…
From the University of Cambridge press release via EurekAlert!: Scientists have discovered a cognitive biomarker – a biological indicator of a disease – for young adolescents who are at high risk of developing depression and…
From the McMasterUniversity press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at McMaster University have discovered new genetic evidence about why some people are happier than others. McMaster scientists have uncovered evidence that the gene FTO – the…