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- How Strep Triggers Obsessive Compulsive Disorder – New Clues
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October 11, 2006
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
