Neuroscience
Researchers have been searching for genetic links to bipolar disorder for years, and in Australia they've just isolated a gene.
"Our study seems to be good evidence that we've identified one of the risk genes for bipolar which is really quite an important advance for the field."
Read about it in New Scientist, the Sydney Morning Herald, and watch it spread rapidly through the media.
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From a National Institutes of Health press release issued on the 29th: After a Decades-Long Search, Scientists Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Multiple Sclerosis A pair of large-scale genetic studies supported by the National Institutes of Health...
Neuroscience
Bipolar gene
Researchers have been searching for genetic links to bipolar disorder for years, and in Australia they've just isolated a gene.
"Our study seems to be good evidence that we've identified one of the risk genes for bipolar which is really quite an important advance for the field."
Read about it in New Scientist, the Sydney Morning Herald, and watch it spread rapidly through the media.
- Podcasts And A Psa
Dana Alliance for the Brain produces a neuroscience podcast series called Gray Matters as well as panel discussions and more. These recordings include thematic collections (neuroethics) and one-on-one interviews (Eric Kandel). Access the complete collection...
- Is It Unusual To Have 165 Papers In One Journal?
How about if you've been Editor-in-Chief of the journal for the past 15 years? Hagop Akiskal, M.D is Professor of Psychiatry and Director of International Mood Center San Diego Veterans Administration Medical Center. Since 1996, he has been...
- Myth Of The Depression Gene
There never was a single "depression gene", and those patting themselves on the back because of the ceremonial defenestration of that straw man are fooling themselves. Yes, a new meta-analysis in JAMA (Risch et al., 2009) found that a variant of the...
- Fda: Saphris (asenapine) Approval, Schizophrenia And Bipolar
From the FDA: FDA Approves Saphris to Treat Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Saphris tablets (asenapine) to treat adults with schizophrenia, a chronic, severe and disabling brain disorder, and to treat...
- Multiple Sclerosis
From a National Institutes of Health press release issued on the 29th: After a Decades-Long Search, Scientists Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Multiple Sclerosis A pair of large-scale genetic studies supported by the National Institutes of Health...