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Nobel Laureate Axelrod, Neuroscience Pioneer
December 30, 2004 · Press Release · Nobel Laureate Julius Axelrod, Ph.D., an NIMH researcher since 1955, died in his sleep early Wednesday morning, December 29, 2004.
International Coalition to Fund Autism Genetics Research
December 29, 2004 · Press Release · An international public/private partnership of government health agencies and private advocacy organizations has committed more than $21 million for research to identify the genes associated with autism spectrum disorders, a range of developmental disorders that impair communication and other mental abilities.
Mutant Gene Linked to Treatment-Resistant Depression
December 13, 2004 · Science Update · A mutant gene that starves the brain of serotonin, a mood-regulating chemical messenger, has been discovered and found to be 10 times more prevalent in depressed patients than in control subjects, report researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and National Heart Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).
Stress Impairs Thinking Via Mania-Linked Enzyme
October 29, 2004 · Press Release · An errant enzyme linked to bipolar disorder, in the brain’s prefrontal cortex, impairs cognition under stress, an animal study shows.
Psychotherapy, Medications Best for Youth With Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
October 28, 2004 · Press Release · Children and adolescents with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) respond best to a combination of both psychotherapy and an antidepressant, a major clinical trial has found.
Perceptual Decision-Making Hub Pinpointed in Human Brain
October 18, 2004 · Press Release · A perceptual decision-making hub at the front of the brain makes the call on whether you’re looking at a face or a house — and likely many other things — scientists at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered.
NIMH Grant to Explore Genetics of Autism
October 8, 2004 · Press Release · The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, announced this week a 3-year, $3 million grant to Johns Hopkins University to study the genetic factors underlying autism.
New Learning Techniques Improves Global HIV/AIDS Prevention
September 28, 2004 · Press Release · Researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health, have found that advanced communication technologies — including multimedia CDs — can improve world-wide dissemination of new HIV/AIDS prevention models to providers of health services.
Rare Deficit Maps Thinking Circuitry
September 1, 2004 · Press Release · Using brain imaging, neuroscientists at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have pinpointed the site of a defect in a brain circuit associated with a specific thinking deficit.
Combination Treatment Most Effective in Adolescents with Depression
August 17, 2004 · Press Release · A clinical trial of 439 adolescents with major depression has found a combination of medication and psychotherapy to be the most effective treatment.
Schizophrenia Gene Variant Linked to Risk Traits
August 11, 2004 · Press Release · Researchers at the NIH's National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have identified a relationship between a small section of one gene, the brain chemical messenger glutamate, and a collection of traits known to be associated with schizophrenia.
Brain’s Reward Circuitry Revealed in Procrastinating Primates
August 10, 2004 · Press Release · Using a new molecular genetic technique, scientists have turned procrastinating primates into workaholics by temporarily suppressing a gene in a brain circuit involved in reward learning.
Depression Traced to Overactive Brain Circuit
August 2, 2004 · Press Release · A brain imaging study by the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has found that an emotion-regulating brain circuit is overactive in people prone to depression—even when they are not depressed.
Imaging Study Shows Brain Maturing
May 17, 2004 · Press Release · The brain’s center of reasoning and problem solving is among the last to mature, a new study graphically reveals.
Research to Test Treatment of Cognitive Dysfunction in Schizophrenia
May 6, 2004 · Press Release · The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), has awarded a four-year, $9 million contract to the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and five other academic medical centers to create a network of Treatment Units for Research on Neurocognition and Schizophrenia (TURNS).
Making Sense of the Brain's Mind-Boggling Complexity
April 16, 2004 · Press Release · Leading scientists in integrating and visualizing the explosion of information about the brain will convene at a conference commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Human Brain Project (HBP).
Brain Signal Predicts Working Memory Prowess
April 16, 2004 · Press Release · Some people are better than others at remembering what they have just seen—holding mental pictures in mind from moment to moment.
“Care Managers” Help Depressed Elderly Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
March 2, 2004 · Press Release · An intervention that includes staffing doctors’ offices with depression care managers helps depressed elderly patients reduce suicidal thoughts, a study funded by NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has found.
“Care Managers” Help Depressed Elderly Reduce Suicidal Thoughts
March 2, 2004 · Press Release · An intervention that includes staffing doctors' offices with depression care managers helps depressed elderly patients reduce suicidal thoughts, a study funded by NIMH has found. Martha Bruce, Ph.D., Cornell University, Charles Reynolds, III, M.D., University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues report on the outcome of the intervention in three major Eastern U.S. metropolitan areas.
Monkey Talk, Human Speech Share Left-Brain Processing
January 29, 2004 · Press Release · Scans have pinpointed circuits in the monkey brain that could be precursors of those in humans for speech and language.
Emotion-Regulating Protein Lacking in Panic Disorder
January 20, 2004 · Press Release · Three brain areas of panic disorder patients are lacking in a key component of a chemical messenger system that regulates emotion, researchers at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered.