From the Duke University Medical Center via EurekAlert!: What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of human genes into a zebrafish and then…
From the University of Edinburgh press release via EurekAlert!: Genes play a greater role in forming character traits – such as self-control, decision making or sociability – than was previously thought, new research suggests. A…
From the Cornell University press releasse via EurekAlert!: Genetic factors explain some of the variation in a wide range of people’s political attitudes and economic decisions – such as preferences toward environmental policy and financial…
From the Indiana University School of Medicine press release: An Indiana University-led research team, along with a group of national and international collaborators, has identified and prioritized a comprehensive group of genes most associated with…
From the University of Chicago Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: A novel mechanism for anxiety behaviors, including a previously unrecognized inhibitory brain signal, may inspire new strategies for treating psychiatric disorders, University of Chicago…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: These findings are not about the classic story of gift-giving, although the MAGI genes (officially named membrane associated guanylate kinase, WW and PDZ domain containing proteins) do influence…
From the Wayne State University press release via EurekAlert!: Efforts to understand how the aging process affects the brain and cognition have expanded beyond simply comparing younger and older adults. “Everybody ages differently. By looking…
From the Elsevier press release via EurekAlert!: Although the two disorders may seem dissimilar, epilepsy and psychosis are associated. Individuals with epilepsy are more likely to have schizophrenia, and a family history of epilepsy is…
From the Hebrew University of Jerusalem press release via AlphaGalileo: Autism has a strong genetic basis, but so far efforts to identify the responsible genes have had mixed results. The reason for this is that…
From the University of Toronto Mississauga press release by Kimberley Wright: Although a doting mom cuddling and caressing her infant may not seem to have much in common with a rat mother, she does. Not…