Neuroscience
Just read an article in the New Scientist which discussed the apparent link between stress and the inheritance of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression. A few recently published studies have shown that stress in the early life of a mouse can result in a cross-generational development of schizophrenia, ie extreme stress in your grandparents early life can result in you developing schizophrenia or another psychiatric disorder. This is pretty disturbing to think that something horrible happening to a relative before you even existed could have such dramatic implications in your life. However I am thinking this is potentially a good excuse to avoid stressful events - for the sake of the future generation...
- 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...
- The Merger Of Neurology And Psychiatry
Thomas R. Insel, Shining a Light on Depression. Science 10 August 2007: Vol. 317. no. 5839, pp. 757 - 758. Just as research during the Decade of the Brain (1990-2000) forged the bridge between the mind and the brain, research in the current decade is...
- 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...
- Risperdal (risperidone) And Pediatric Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
An FDA press release from yesterday: FDA Approves Risperdal for Two Psychiatric Conditions in Children and Adolescents The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Risperdal (risperidone) for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents, ages...
- Great Opportunity For A Recent Or Soon To Be Grad With Child And Research Experience!
Project Coordinator University of Maryland Child Stress and Emotions Lab Description: -The Child Stress and Emotions Lab is currently running the following studies: - The developmental origins of our body’s stress response system and how the stress...
Neuroscience
Family Fortunes
Just read an article in the New Scientist which discussed the apparent link between stress and the inheritance of psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and depression. A few recently published studies have shown that stress in the early life of a mouse can result in a cross-generational development of schizophrenia, ie extreme stress in your grandparents early life can result in you developing schizophrenia or another psychiatric disorder. This is pretty disturbing to think that something horrible happening to a relative before you even existed could have such dramatic implications in your life. However I am thinking this is potentially a good excuse to avoid stressful events - for the sake of the future generation...
- 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...
- The Merger Of Neurology And Psychiatry
Thomas R. Insel, Shining a Light on Depression. Science 10 August 2007: Vol. 317. no. 5839, pp. 757 - 758. Just as research during the Decade of the Brain (1990-2000) forged the bridge between the mind and the brain, research in the current decade is...
- 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...
- Risperdal (risperidone) And Pediatric Schizophrenia And Bipolar Disorder
An FDA press release from yesterday: FDA Approves Risperdal for Two Psychiatric Conditions in Children and Adolescents The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Risperdal (risperidone) for the treatment of schizophrenia in adolescents, ages...
- Great Opportunity For A Recent Or Soon To Be Grad With Child And Research Experience!
Project Coordinator University of Maryland Child Stress and Emotions Lab Description: -The Child Stress and Emotions Lab is currently running the following studies: - The developmental origins of our body’s stress response system and how the stress...