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- Brain Scans Reveal How Gene May Boost Schizophrenia Risk
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April 21, 2005
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Clues about how a suspect version of a gene may slightly increase risk for schizophrenia are emerging from a brain imaging study by the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). - Brain Awareness Week Teaches Kids How Their Brains Work
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March 7, 2005
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The fifth annual Brain Awareness Week (BAW), a science and health education fair to teach 5th–8th grade students about the brain, will take place March 14–18, 2005 at the National Museum of Health and Medicine at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. - Dr. Solomon Snyder to be Awarded National Medal of Science
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February 24, 2005
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Dr. Solomon Snyder, longtime NIMH grantee and director of the Department of Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University, will be awarded the National Medal of Science by President Bush at a White House ceremony March 14th. nation’s highest science honor. - Rat Brain’s Executive Hub Quells Alarm Center if Stress is Controllable
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February 11, 2005
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Treatments for mood and anxiety disorders are thought to work, in part, by helping patients control the stresses in their lives. A new study in rats by National Institutes of Health (NIH) grantees provides insight into the brain mechanisms likely involved. - Birds Brainier Than Previously Thought
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February 3, 2005
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The brains of birds appear to be more similar to those of mammals than previously thought. - New Neurons Born in Adult Rat Cortex
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February 2, 2005
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Recent evidence suggesting that antidepressants may act by triggering the birth of new neurons in the adult hippocampus the brain’s memory hub, has heightened interest in such adult neurogenesis and raised the question: Could new neurons also be sprouting up in the parts of the adult brain involved in the thinking and mood disturbances of depression and anxiety? - Nobel Laureate Axelrod, Neuroscience Pioneer
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December 30, 2004
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Nobel Laureate Julius Axelrod, Ph.D., an NIMH researcher since 1955, died in his sleep early Wednesday morning, December 29, 2004. - International Coalition to Fund Autism Genetics Research
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December 29, 2004
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An international public/private partnership of government health agencies and private advocacy organizations has committed more than $21 million for research to identify the genes associated with autism spectrum disorders, a range of developmental disorders that impair communication and other mental abilities. - Mutant Gene Linked to Treatment-Resistant Depression
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December 13, 2004
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Science Update
A mutant gene that starves the brain of serotonin, a mood-regulating chemical messenger, has been discovered and found to be 10 times more prevalent in depressed patients than in control subjects, report researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI). - Stress Impairs Thinking Via Mania-Linked Enzyme
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October 29, 2004
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An errant enzyme linked to bipolar disorder, in the brain’s prefrontal cortex, impairs cognition under stress, an animal study shows.
