New findings from the Children’s Autism Metabolome Project (CAMP) Study, a 1,102 subject study of the metabolism of children with ASD, published in Autism Research Madison, WI (June 18, 2020): In a paper published online this week in Autism Research, scientists at NeuroPointDX, a division of Stemina Biomarker Discovery, Inc., in collaboration with researchers at...
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Hallucinations in people with seizures may point to suicide risk
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin and the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have shown for the first time, the mental health significance of hallucinations in people with a history of seizures. In a study published today (Thursday, June 11th, 2020), findings show that 8% of individuals with a history of seizures report hallucinations,...
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How do we disconnect from the environment during sleep and under anesthesia?
In normal sleep states, sounds fail to penetrate brain regions mediating consciousness and memory, and this natural disconnection is caused by low noradrenaline activity, say Tel Aviv University researchers During sleep and under anesthesia, we rarely respond to such external stimuli as sounds even though our brains remain highly active. Now, a series of new...
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What if we could design powerful drugs without unwanted side effects?
Psychedelics such as LSD and magic mushrooms have proven highly effective in treating depression and post-traumatic stress disorders, but medical use of these drugs is limited by the hallucinations they cause. “What if we could redesign drugs to keep their benefits while eliminating their unwanted side effects?” asks Ron Dror, an associate professor of computer...
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Scientists create tool to detect genes associated with psychiatric, brain diseases
by University of North Carolina Health Care Scientists at the UNC School of Medicine and colleagues created a new computational tool called H-MAGMA to study the genetic underpinnings of nine brain disorders, including the identification of new genes associated with each disorder. The research, published in Nature Neuroscience, revealed that genes associated with psychiatric disorders...
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New research divided over links between inflammation and depression
By Rich Haridy Over the last decade an idea that once sat on the fringes of mainstream science has slowly edged its way closer to the center. Since the 1980s researchers have identified a distinct association between inflammation and depression. Of course, alongside that research the biggest development in the field of psychiatry in the...
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When it looks like dementia but isn’t—epilepsy not just a “children’s disease”
by Laura Wright, University of Kentucky Last September, Guy Bradley began having episodes of severe and sudden confusion with night sweats and nausea. “He’d wake up and not know where he was or what day it was,” said his wife, Harriet. Also troubling: the 69-year old suddenly could not find his way around the golf course he’d played all his...
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New treatment for phenylketonuria (PKU) clears brain fog
In the 1959 novella Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes (and the 1968 film Charly), 32-year-old Charlie Gordon, a janitor at a New York City bakery, undergoes experimental surgery that has boosted the intelligence of a laboratory mouse, Algernon. Soon, Charlie is devouring books, asking questions, and even solving problems at work. But then Algernon dies, and...
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