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- How Strep Triggers Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – New Clues
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October 11, 2006
Science Update
A likely mechanism by which a bacterial infection triggers obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in some children has been demonstrated by NIMH scientists and collaborators at California State University and the University of Oklahoma.
- Gene Therapy May One Day Prevent AIDS–Related Brain–Cell Death
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October 11, 2006
Science Update
Scientists have shown that gene therapy has potential for treating brain pathology triggered by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS.
- Shy Temperament: More than Just Fearful
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August 7, 2006
Science Update
Compared to others, children with extremely shy temperament have heightened brain activity in response to any prominent event, whether the event is positive or negative, a new imaging study suggests.
- Receptor Knockout Yields an Adventurous Mouse
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August 1, 2006
Press Release
Mice altered to lack a particular type of receptor in the brain’s executive hub are more prone to go where normal mice fear to tread, NIMH funded scientists have discovered.
- Males with Autism Have Fewer Cells in Brain’s Emotional Memory Hub
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July 26, 2006
Science Update
Males with autism have fewer cells in a part of the brain that has a key role in emotion and memory, according to NIMH-funded researchers at the University of California, Davis.
- New Tool Can Boost or Block the Body’s Protective Inner Barriers
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July 13, 2006
Press Release
A team of experts funded by NIH has developed a chemical tool that allows scientists to manipulate control of the passage of substances through the barriers between blood and the tissues of every organ — from the brain, lungs, and heart to the organs of the immune system.
- Studies ID Molecular Accomplices of Suspect Schizophrenia Genes
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May 2, 2006
Science Update
NIMH-funded researchers have discovered how certain genes work at the molecular level to increase the risk of schizophrenia.
- Properly Timed Light, Melatonin Lift Winter Depression by Syncing Rhythms
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May 1, 2006
Science Update
Most Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) symptoms stem from daily body rhythms that have gone out-of-sync with the sun, a NIMH-funded study has found.
- Cortex Matures Faster in Youth with Highest IQ
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March 29, 2006
Press Release
Youth with superior IQ are distinguished by how fast the thinking part of their brains thickens and thins as they grow up, researchers at NIMH have discovered.
- Aggression-Related Gene Weakens Brain’s Impulse Control Circuits
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March 20, 2006
Press Release
A version of a gene previously linked to impulsive violence appears to weaken brain circuits that regulate impulses, emotional memory and thinking in humans, researchers at NIMH have found.