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Project to Focus on Link Between Immune System and Brain Disorders
Researchers to investigate whether mood disorders, such as depression, and neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, could be treated by targeting the immune system.
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“Master Regulator” Gene Can Stimulate Other Genes Involved in Early Brain Development
Finding caps three years of research led by biochemists at NYU Langone Medical Center.
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Less than half of UK prescriptions for antipsychotics issued for main licensed conditions
Elderly people twice as likely as middle aged to be given these drugs despite greater risk of side effects
Less than half of UK prescriptions for antipsychotic drugs are being issued to treat the serious mental illnesses for which they are mainly licensed, reveals research published in the online journal BMJ Open.
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OCD patients' brains light up to reveal how compulsive habits develop
Misfiring of the brain's control system might underpin compulsions in obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), according to researchers at the University of Cambridge, writing in the American Journal of Psychiatry.
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53 Approved Drugs that May Block Ebola Infection Identified
Compounds may keep virus from entering cells and could accelerate drug development.
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Tooth loss linked to slowing mind and body
The memory and walking speeds of adults who have lost all of their teeth decline more rapidly than in those who still have some of their own teeth, finds new research from University College London (UCL).
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Brain mechanisms that predict generosity in children identified
University of Chicago developmental neuroscientists have found specific brain markers that predict generosity in children. Those neural markers appear to be linked to both social and moral evaluation processes.
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Crows are smarter than you think
Study finds crows join humans, apes, and monkeys in exhibiting advanced relational thinking
Crows have long been heralded for their high intelligence—they can remember faces, use tools, and communicate in sophisticated ways.
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Actavis Announces Proposed Senior Leadership Team
Leadership reflects exceptional combined expertise of Actavis and Allergan.
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Bugs life: the nerve cells that make locusts ‘gang up’
A team of biologists has identified a set of nerve cells in desert locusts that bring about 'gang-like' gregarious behavior when they are forced into a crowd.
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