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- Gene More Than Doubles Risk Of Depression Following Life Stresses
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July 17, 2003
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Among people who suffered multiple stressful life events over 5 years, 43 percent with one version of a gene developed depression, compared to only 17 percent with another version of the gene, say researchers funded, in part, by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
- NIMH Awards $22.6 Million for Center for Collaborative Research on Mental Disorders
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July 1, 2003
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Under a cooperative agreement, the Center will accelerate progress toward understanding genetic origins of mental disorders including autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
- Brain Cells Seen Recycling Rapidly To Speed Communications
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June 10, 2003
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The tiny spheres inside brain cells that ferry chemical messengers into the synapse make their rounds much more expeditiously than once assumed, National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)-funded researchers have discovered.
- Monkey's Memory Cells Caught in the Act of Learning
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June 5, 2003
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NIH-funded scientists have detected direct evidence of individual brain cells signaling the formation of new memories.
- Lithium Shows Promise Against Alzheimer’s in Mouse Model
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May 21, 2003
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An enzyme crucial to formation of Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles may hold promise as a target for future medications, suggest studies in mice and cells.
- NIH Awards Grants for Six New Autism Research Centers
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May 13, 2003
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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded grants to support six new research centers of a major network focusing on the biomedical and behavioral aspects of autism.
- Genes, Brain and Behavior Symposium April 16
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April 9, 2003
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Prominent experts on genes, brain and behavior will discuss the impact of genomics on neuroscience in an all-day scientific symposium at the National Institutes of Health, April 16.
- Telltale Protein Defects Mark Fragile X Pathways
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February 12, 2003
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A team of scientists led by National Institute of Mental Health Health (NIMH) grantees has identified a trove of proteins involved in synaptic plasticity and neuronal growth—some of them likely implicated in mental retardation and perhaps other neurodevelopmental disorders like autism.
- Human Gene Affects Memory
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January 23, 2003
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NIH scientists have shown that a common gene variant influences memory for events in humans by altering a growth factor in the brain's memory hub.
- Mouse Gene Knockout Illuminates How Light Resets Clock
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December 13, 2002
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A key role in synchronizing daily rhythms to the day/night cycle has been traced to a light-sensitive protein in the eye, by knocking out the gene that codes for it.
