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- Brain’s Fear Center Likely Shrinks in Autism’s Most Severely Socially Impaired
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December 4, 2006
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Press Release
The brain’s fear hub likely becomes abnormally small in the most severely socially impaired males with autism spectrum disorders, researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) have discovered.
- Mouse Model May Reveal Anxiety Gene, Marker for Antidepressant Failure
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November 9, 2006
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Science Update
Studies of a new mouse model suggest that a specific gene variation plays a role in the development of anxiety disorders and in resistance to common medications for anxiety and depression.
- More Direct Way to Map Brain Activity Deemed Feasible
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October 30, 2006
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Science Update
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be used to directly detect the electrical activity emitted by neurons, NIMH scientists and colleagues have demonstrated.
- New Research Helps to Improve Understanding of Bipolar Disorder in Youth
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October 24, 2006
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Science Update
Bipolar disorder may be hard to identify in children and adolescents for several reasons, including a lack of age-appropriate diagnostic guidelines and symptoms different than those commonly seen in adults with the disorder.
- Gene Linked to Autism in Families with More Than One Affected Child
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October 17, 2006
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Press Release
A version of a gene has been linked to autism in families that have more than one child with the disorder. Inheriting two copies of this version more than doubled a child’s risk of developing an autism spectrum disorder, scientists supported by NIMH and NICHD have discovered.
- How Strep Triggers Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – New Clues
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October 11, 2006
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Science Update
A likely mechanism by which a bacterial infection triggers obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children has been demonstrated by NIMH scientists and collaborators at California State University and the University of Oklahoma.
- Gene Therapy May One Day Prevent AIDS–Related Brain–Cell Death
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October 11, 2006
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Science Update
Scientists have shown that gene therapy has potential for treating brain pathology triggered by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS.
- Shy Temperament: More than Just Fearful
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August 7, 2006
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Science Update
Compared to others, children with extremely shy temperament have heightened brain activity in response to any prominent event, whether the event is positive or negative, a new imaging study suggests.
- Receptor Knockout Yields an Adventurous Mouse
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August 1, 2006
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Press Release
Mice altered to lack a particular type of receptor in the brain’s executive hub are more prone to go where normal mice fear to tread, NIMH funded scientists have discovered.
- Males with Autism Have Fewer Cells in Brain’s Emotional Memory Hub
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July 26, 2006
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Science Update
Males with autism have fewer cells in a part of the brain that has a key role in emotion and memory, according to NIMH-funded researchers at the University of California, Davis.
