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Image shows how neurons in biploar patients react to lithium.

Featured Psychology

·October 28, 2015·5 min read

Response to Lithium Can Be Predicted by Bipolar Patients’ Brain Cells

Study reveals why some people with bipolar disorder respond to lithium while others don't.

Image of a brain of an Alzheimer's patient.

Featured Neurology Psychology

·October 14, 2015·2 min read

Alzheimer’s Patients Prescribed Antipsychotics More Frequently Than General Population

A new study reports people with Alzheimer's disease are more likely to use antipsychotic medications, and for longer periods of time, than the general public.

Image shows small child sitting on some steps.

Featured Psychology

·October 12, 2015·5 min read

Short Term Use of Lithium Effective and Safe for Children with Bipolar Disorder

According to a new study, lithium appears to be safe and effective in treating bipolar disorder in children, at least in the short term.

Featured Psychology

·September 30, 2015·4 min read

Gaining Insight Into How a New Class of Antidepressants Work

Researchers explain how a molecular amplification system helps a new class of antidepressants alter brain signaling in specific neurons and how this produces the antidepressant effect.

This shows the 3d structure of nicotine.

Featured Neuroscience Psychology

·September 9, 2015·6 min read

Shedding Light on Earliest Stages of Nicotine Addiction with ‘Never Smokers’

A new study could help identify those most vulnerable to nicotine and help find new ways to prevent or treat addiction.

Featured Psychology

·August 28, 2015·4 min read

Predicting Response to Antipsychotic Medications with Neuroimaging

According to researchers, fMRI brain scans may be used to predict a patient's responsiveness to antipsychotic medications.

This image is a diffusion MRI tractography of the brain's white matter.

Featured Neurology

·September 26, 2013·3 min read

Lithium in the Brain

According to new research, higher accumulation of Lithium occurs in the brain's white matter.

This is an image of a mouse hippocampus.

Featured Psychology

·September 13, 2013·4 min read

Researchers Pinpoint Molecular Path that Makes Antidepressants Act Quicker in Mouse Model

Researchers identify a molecular pathway which accelerates the time taken for antidepressants to work in mouse models.

Featured Neuroscience

·February 18, 2013·2 min read

Memory Appears Susceptible to Eradication of Fear Responses

Fear responses can only be erased when people learn something new while retrieving the fear memory according to a new study.

Featured Neurology

·September 7, 2012·2 min read

Strategy Developed to Improve Delivery of Medicines to the Brain

The experimental treatment method allows small therapeutic agents to safely cross the blood-brain barrier in laboratory rats by turning off P-glycoprotein, one of the main gatekeepers preventing medicinal drugs from reaching their intended targets in the brain.