The NIH today launched a major effort to discover and catalog the brain’s “parts list.”...
Category: <span>Mental Illness</span>
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Science News » NIH BRAIN Initiative Builds on Early Advances
NIH has announced funding for 110 new awards totaling $169 million for the BRAIN Initiative....
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Science News » NIH Completes Atlas of Human DNA Differences that Influence Gene Expression
NIH researchers have completed an atlas documenting how DNA influence human gene expression....
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Science News » Depression’s “Transcriptional Signatures” Differ in Men vs. Women
Brain gene expression associated with depression differed markedly between men and women. Such divergent “transcriptional signatures” may signal divergent underlying illness processes requiring sex-specific treatments....
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Partnering with the AFSP – Out of the Darkness Walk
By participating with the Brendan Smile Team in the Out of the Darkness Walk, you are joining the effort with hundreds of thousands of people nationwide to raise awareness and funds to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support survivors of suicide loss. Your fundraising efforts are greatly appreciated,...
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Science News » Scientists Give Star Treatment to Lesser-Known Cells Crucial for Brain Development
Star-shaped support brain cells, astrocytes, growing in 3-D “organoids” in a dish develop similarly as those in human brain tissue....
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Science News » Breakthrough Method Yields Trove of Neuron Subtypes, Gene Regulators
Scientists have discovered a trove of neuronal subtypes by identifying their unique epigenomic signatures....
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Science News » Patient-Derived Support Cells Stunt Mouse Brain Development
Support cells generated from patients with childhood onset schizophrenia stunted neural circuit development when grafted into developing mouse brains....
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Science News » Our Brains Harbor “Residual Echo” of Neanderthal Genes
Researchers have produced the first direct evidence that parts of our brains implicated in mental disorders may be shaped by a “residual echo” from our ancient past. The more a person’s genome carries genetic vestiges of Neanderthals, the more certain parts of his or her brain and skull resemble those of humans’ evolutionary cousins that went extinct 40,000 years ago....
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Science News » Guidelines published for treating PANS/PANDAS
An expert panel has published guidelines for treatment of Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) and a subset of patients diagnosed with PAN Disorder Associated with Streptococcal Infection (PANDAS)....