by Karolinska Institutet Figure 1. Effect sizes (Cohen’s d; top) and significance of group differences (p-value; bottom) between BD patients and HC mapped into brain space. Cortical thickness findings (left) and surface area findings (right) are shown. The Figure displays the overall pattern in the uncorrected raw results. See Figure 3 for findings after multiple comparisons...
Huntington’s disease is a fatal inherited disorder that strikes most often in middle age with mood disturbances, uncontrollable limb movements, and cognitive decline. Years before symptom onset, brain imaging shows degeneration of the striatum, a brain region important for the rapid selection of behavioral actions. As the striatal neurons degenerate, their “identity” proteins, the building...
Binge drinking in adolescence has been shown to have lasting effects on the wiring of the brain and is associated with increased risk for psychological problems and alcohol use disorder later in life. Subhash Pandey, director, UIC Center for Research in Alcohol Epigenetics. Credit: Joshua Clark. Now, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago...
