Daily Archives: July 28, 2016

From The Quarterly, Spring 2015 When people with bipolar disorder experience depressive episodes, the reward circuits in their brains show impairments similar to those that affect people diagnosed with major depressive disorder (MDD), scientists reported March 13th in the journal … Continue reading →

Researchers have identified several sets of genes linked with abnormal brainwave patterns in people with schizophrenia and psychotic bipolar disorder (PBD). The results reported June 23rd in Translational Psychiatry can help experts learn more about the genetic changes that underlie … Continue reading →

Measuring the activity of a panel of genes may provide enough information to diagnose bipolar disorder from a blood sample, according to a study published August 4th in the journalTranslational Psychiatry. Currently, bipolar disorder is diagnosed by experienced clincians based … Continue reading →

Researchers have found new clues as to how brain plasticity can overcome a genetic predisposition to bipolar disorder. Tweet This > Reporting their findings online January 5 in Translational Psychiatry, a research team compared connections between different brain regions among … Continue reading →

Researchers have discovered new clues as to how exercise beneficially impacts brain activity in young people with bipolar disorder. Cognitive dysfunction is common among adolescents with bipolar disorder during and between mood episodes – depression-like lows and “manic” highs — … Continue reading →

In animal research reported in the November 12 issue of the journal Nature, scientists have identified a specific region of the brain that helps regulate behaviors and physiological changes associated with anxiety. Cells in this area, known as the basomedial … Continue reading →

From The Quarterly, January 2016 Dr. Huda Akil is one of the world’s leading experts on what scientists call the neurobiology of emotions. She and her colleagues are now two decades into an investigation of what goes on in the … Continue reading →