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Mice provide important clues to obsessive-compulsive disorder
Mice born without a key brain protein compulsively groom their faces until they bleed and are afraid to venture out of the corner of their cages.   view more (2007-08-23)

A link between antidepressants and type 2 diabetes
While analyzing data from Saskatchewan health databases, Lauren Brown, researcher with the U of A's School of Public Health, found people with a history of depression had a 30 per cent increased risk of type 2 Diabetes.   view more (2008-03-26)

Increased antidepressant prescribing linked with fewer suicides
In Australia, suicide rates have fallen most in those groups of people most exposed to antidepressant drugs, especially older people.   view more (2003-05-07)

Antidepressants: benefit of SNRI is proven
The Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) was commissioned by the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA) to investigate whether patients with depression benefit from taking drugs belonging to the selective serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI) drug class.   view more (2009-08-26)

Autoantibodies common in anorexia patients
A large proportion of anorexia and/or bulimia patients have antibodies against the body's own substances that are involved in the brain's control of eating behavior. The results indicate that there is a connection between eating disturbances and both the nervous system and the immune system. The study was based on 57 women, between the ages of 17... view more... (2002-12-12)

Are the monoamines involved in shaping conduct disorders?
Antisocial and aggressive behaviours represent a widespread and expensive social problem. Recent research has convincingly shown that there is a strong interaction between genetic inheritance and environment for development of personality and behaviour.   view more (2009-09-14)

A genetic link to premature ejaculation
Premature ejaculation can be embarrassing, but a new study suggests that it might be a genetic disorder.   view more (2009-05-28)

Nice but naughty -- our addiction to chocolate
Chocolate is the most widely and frequently craved food. People readily admit to being 'addicted to chocolate' or willingly label themselves as 'chocoholics'. A popular explanation for this is that chocolate contains mood-enhancing (psychoactive) ingredients that give it special appeal.   view more (2007-09-11)

Study of marine snail leads to new insights into long-term memory
UCLA cellular neuroscientists are providing new insights into the mechanisms that underlie long-term memory - research with the potential to treat long-term memory disorders.   view more (2008-06-20)

Rare eye-movement disorder may shed light on brain and cardiovascular development
Researchers at Children's Hospital Boston, who specialize in studying the genetics of rare eye-movement disorders, have found a rare genetic syndrome whose implications go far beyond the eye, raising intriguing questions about human cardiovascular and brain development.   view more (2005-09-12)

Practice parameters discuss treatment for narcolepsy, other hypersomnias of central origin
Practice parameters published in the December 1 issue of the journal SLEEP serve as both an update of previous practice parameters for the therapy of narcolepsy and as the first practice parameters to address treatment of other hypersomnias of central origin, including idiopathic hypersomnia, recurrent hypersomnia and hypersomnia due to medical... view more... (2007-12-03)

Researchers identify OCD risk gene
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) have identified a previously unknown gene variant that doubles an individual's risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).   view more (2006-03-29)

Fine-tuning treatments for depression
New research clarifies how neurotransmitters like norepinephrine, serotonin, and dopamine, are regulated - a finding that may help fine-tune therapies for depression.   view more (2009-10-19)

New perspective on brain function now possible
A newly started research collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and AstraZeneca has already generated results. For the first time, the conditions have been created to study one of the brain's most important neurotransmission systems - the glutamate system - in living people.   view more (2007-05-30)

'Culture of we' buffers genetic tendency to depression
A genetic tendency to depression is much less likely to be realized in a culture centered on collectivistic rather than individualistic values, according to a new Northwestern University study.   view more (2009-10-28)

Hunting for the Prozac Gene
Prozac works wonders for some depressed people, but not for others. In some cases, patients derive little benefit and at worst, it can lead to bizarre hallucinations and fits of rage.   view more (2009-10-28)

Adding folic acid to bread could help in the fight against depression
A unique study by researchers at the University of York and Hull York Medical School has confirmed a link between depression and low levels of folate, a vitamin which comes from vegetables.   view more (2007-06-27)

Physiological markers for cutting, other self-harming behaviors by teenage girls found
Non-fatal, self-inflicted injuries by adolescent and young adult females are major public health problems and researchers have found physiological evidence that this behavior may lead to a more serious psychological condition called borderline personality disorder.   view more (2006-06-16)

Study points to new uses, unexpected side effects of already-existing drugs
Scientists at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and the University of California, San Francisco have developed and experimentally tested a technique to predict new target diseases for existing drugs.   view more (2009-11-04)

Chinese slimming capsules
Taking herbal food supplements is certainly not free of risk.   view more (2009-04-09)
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