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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.
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