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FAU awarded $2.4M NIH grant to study immune signaling and social behavior
19+ hour, 25+ min ago (209+ words) image:Ning Quan, Ph.D., principal investigator, a professor in the Department of Biomedical Science within FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, and a member of the FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute. view more Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University Previous work…...
Treatment with psychedelics may provide a missing link towards long-term PTSD recovery
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (229+ words) A study in Biological Psychiatry shows that myelin remodeling after treatment with psilocybin or MDMA can tune disrupted brain circuits, bridging the gap between the short-lived psychedelic experience and long-term neural health image:A novel study in Biological Psychiatry identifies…...
MDMA and Psilocybin Regulate Oligodendrocyte-Lineage Cell Numbers and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in a Rat Model of Fear
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (132+ words) MDMA and Psilocybin Regulate Oligodendrocyte-Lineage Cell Numbers and Anxiety-Like Behaviors in a Rat Model of Fear'EurekAlert! A novel study in Biological Psychiatry identifies myelin plasticity after treatment with psychedelics as the missing link towards long-term PTSD recovery, triggering a large-scale…...
(A) The genetic specificity of nine of our disorders as a function of their level of recurrence. (B) The linear effects of the genetic specificity on the level of recurrence
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (210+ words) (A) The genetic specificity of nine of our disorders as a function of their level of recurrence. (B) The linear effects of the genetic specificity on the level of recurrence'EurekAlert! (A) The genetic specificity of nine of our disorders as a function of…...
The specificity of genetic risk for psychiatric and substance use disorders: Its modification by age at onset, recurrence, and site of treatment
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (74+ words) The specificity of genetic risk for psychiatric and substance use disorders: Its modification by age at onset, recurrence, and site of treatment'EurekAlert! The specificity of genetic risk for psychiatric and substance use disorders: Its modification by age at onset, recurrence,…...
Genetic risk for mental illness is far less disorder-specific than clinicians have assumed, massive Swedish study reveals
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (615+ words) Dr. Kenneth S. Kendler and colleagues at Virginia Commonwealth University and Lund University quantify "genetic specificity" across nine psychiatric disorders in over two million individuals, uncovering wide variation shaped by clinical features. image:(A) The genetic specificity of nine of our disorders…...
Brain activity that biases decision-making toward alcohol
4+ day, 15+ hour ago (44+ words) Brain activity that biases decision-making toward alcohol (IMAGE)EurekAlert! This plot shows the correlation between anterior insula activity and biaseddecision-making to select alcohol over social rewards. van Mourik et al., 2026 May reuse with credit. SfN Media Society for Neuroscience [email protected]...
Study: Discontinuing antidepressants in pregnancy nearly doubles risk of mental health emergencies
3+ week, 2+ day ago (413+ words) Las Vegas, NV'Pregnant patients who'stopped taking'their antidepressant medication'during pregnancy were'almost'twice'as likely to experience a mental health emergency compared'with'pregnant patients who'continued'taking their'prescription,according to new research presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM)'2026 Pregnancy Meeting." Embargoed until2:45 PM PST, February11, 2026" Study:…...
Fragile X study uncovers brainwave biomarker bridging humans and mice
3+ week, 2+ day ago (593+ words) A collaboration centered at MIT discovered that mice modeling the autism spectrum disorder fragile X syndrome exhibit the same pattern of differences in low-frequency waves as human patients, identifying a new biomarker for treatment studies image:Mark Bear and Sara…...
The genetics of anxiety: Landmark study highlights risk and resilience
3+ week, 4+ day ago (415+ words) Anxiety disorders " including generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder and phobias " affect as many as one in four people over the course of their lives. They often begin early in life and persist for years, inflicting significant personal, social and economic…...