No Link Between Prenatal Opioids and Autism or ADHD, Study Says
Summary: A comprehensive population-based study of more than 1.2 million births in Sweden found no clear evidence that prescribed opioid pain medications…
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Buphenyl Shows Promise as an Alzheimer’s Treatment
Buphenyl (sodium phenylbutyrate), an FDA-approved drug for hyperammonemia, shows promise for protecting memory and slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s disease. Researchers at…
African Americans More Likely Misdiagnosed with Schizophrenia
Summary: African American patients with major depressive disorder are disproportionately at risk of being diagnosed with schizophrenia. The Rutgers study indicates clinicians…
Protein Suppression Slows Alzheimer’s Progression
Summary: Researchers have identified a protein that appears to undermine the brain’s natural defense against oxidative damage, a process that contributes to…
Researchers Search for Neurons That Trigger Alcohol Withdrawal
Summary: Researchers reveal the role corticotropin-releasing factor produced by neurons plays in alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Source: Scripps Research Institute When a heavy…
Psychics Help Psychiatrists Decode Voices of Psychosis
Summary: Researchers turned to people who identify as psychics—those who report hearing voices but do not have a psychiatric diagnosis—to gain insight…
Inflammatory Blood Biomarkers in Long COVID
Summary: Researchers have advanced our understanding of long COVID by identifying distinct inflammatory signatures in the blood of people who were hospitalised…
Nature vs Nurture: Innate Social Circuits in the Mouse Brain
Summary: Social experience, especially interactions with females, is crucial for forming distinct, sex-specific neural populations in the ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH) and for…
Food or Flight: Molecular Mechanisms of Risk-Reward Decisions
Summary: New research reveals how neural circuits compute risk versus reward, showing that internal hunger state can reverse the direction of information…
Light Therapy Improves Sleep and Mood in Alzheimer’s Patients
Summary: A new meta-analysis finds that light therapy substantially improves sleep and reduces psycho-behavioral symptoms in people with Alzheimer’s disease. This non-pharmacological…
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