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Newswise: New Community Partnership Model Boosts Inclusion of Participants into HIV Cure-Directed Research
Released: 19-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
New Community Partnership Model Boosts Inclusion of Participants into HIV Cure-Directed Research
Wistar Institute

Scientists have long used community advisory boards to engage communities and provide feedback on studies, but this model has limitations. Now, Wistar Institute researchers are sharing how a more inclusive model for community engagement can lead to deeper insights and greater community participation in HIV research.

   
Released: 19-Jul-2023 11:30 AM EDT
Tracing maternal behavior to brain immune function
Ohio State University

Immune system changes in the pregnant body that protect the fetus appear to extend to the brain, where a decrease in immune cells late in gestation may factor into the onset of maternal behavior, new research in rats suggests.

   
Newswise: IU-developed statewide initiative shows primary care clinicians can diagnose autism in young children with high accuracy
Released: 18-Jul-2023 11:55 AM EDT
IU-developed statewide initiative shows primary care clinicians can diagnose autism in young children with high accuracy
Indiana University

A new study led by Indiana University School of Medicine researchers shows primary care clinicians who receive specialized training can make accurate autism diagnoses for over 80 percent of young children referred with developmental delays, providing compelling evidence that community-based models of autism evaluation are a potential solution for improving access to this needed service.

11-Jul-2023 11:45 AM EDT
Second Year of COVID Pandemic Brought Spike in Child Mental Health Visits to ED
Harvard Medical School

The number of young people in the United States visiting hospital emergency departments for mental health crises increased sharply during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study led by researchers from the Department of Health Care Policy in the Blavatnik Institute at Harvard Medical School.

Newswise: Neurons that track, regulate blood-sugar levels are found
Released: 11-Jul-2023 1:45 PM EDT
Neurons that track, regulate blood-sugar levels are found
University of Washington School of Medicine

Understanding how this blood-sugar detection system works and how these neurocircuits operate would give researchers and doctors greater insights into how our brains regulate our blood sugar and, perhaps, how to target them therapeutically to treat metabolic diseases like diabetes and obesity, according to the study authors.

Newswise: Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Released: 6-Jul-2023 12:05 PM EDT
Preclinical Studies Led by Johns Hopkins Medicine Researchers Advance Potential New Target to Treat HIV Infection
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, in collaboration with researchers at the National Institutes of Health, report that two new studies in mice with a humanized immune system and human cell lines have identified an enzyme that plays a critical role in the late stages of HIV replication.

Released: 13-Jun-2023 7:15 PM EDT
Four state policies linked to growth of telehealth at mental health facilities
RAND Corporation

Four state policies introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic to spur expansion of telehealth were associated with expansion of such services by mental health facilities, but growth of telehealth was lower among facilities in counties with the greatest proportion of Black residents, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

Newswise: Transforming Cleveland recreation centers with trauma-informed care approach
Released: 13-Jun-2023 3:10 PM EDT
Transforming Cleveland recreation centers with trauma-informed care approach
Case Western Reserve University

The city’s recreation centers offer opportunities from cooking classes to robotics workshops. But Case Western Reserve University researchers found—through partnership and exhaustive examination—these community hubs serve another critical function: as safe spaces where children often vulnerable to trauma can heal.

Released: 11-May-2023 7:00 AM EDT
فهم سرعة اتصال الدماغ
Mayo Clinic

في الغالب كان يُعتقد أن سرعة المعلومات المنقولة ما بين مناطق الدماغ تستقر في بداية المراهقة. لقد وجدت دراسة جديدة في مجلة نيتشر نيوروسينس أجراها باحثو مايو كلينك وزملاؤهم من هولندا أن سرعات نقل المعلومات تستمر في الزيادة حتى بداية البلوغ.

Newswise:Video Embedded anxiety-disorders-will-affect-nearly-1-in-3-adults-here-s-what-you-need-to-know
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Released: 10-May-2023 6:20 PM EDT
Anxiety disorders will affect nearly 1 in 3 adults: Here’s what you need to know
UC Davis Health

A UC Davis expert explains anxiety versus fear and how anxiety disorders can be effectively treated with therapy, medications and self-care.

Released: 20-Apr-2023 9:30 AM EDT
Common Infections Linked to Poorer Cognitive Performance in Middle-Aged and Older Adults
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

A new study from a team led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health found that signs of common infections in a sample of middle-aged and older adults were associated with poorer performance on a test of global cognitive function.

Newswise: Disrupted rhythms of rest and wakefulness contribute to worse symptoms in schizophrenia patients
Released: 19-Apr-2023 4:45 PM EDT
Disrupted rhythms of rest and wakefulness contribute to worse symptoms in schizophrenia patients
University of Pittsburgh

In a paper published today in Molecular Psychiatry, a team of scientists from the University of Pittsburgh in collaboration with researchers in Italy described shared patterns of sleep disturbances and irregularities in daily rhythms of rest and activity across patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorder, or SSD.

Newswise: Whether Physical Exertion Feels ‘Easy’ or ‘Hard’ May Be Due to Dopamine Levels, Study Suggests
Released: 12-Apr-2023 1:00 PM EDT
Whether Physical Exertion Feels ‘Easy’ or ‘Hard’ May Be Due to Dopamine Levels, Study Suggests
Johns Hopkins Medicine

Dopamine, a brain chemical long associated with pleasure, motivation and reward-seeking, also appears to play an important role in why exercise and other physical efforts feel “easy” to some people and exhausting to others, according to results of a study of people with Parkinson’s disease led by Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers. Parkinson’s disease is marked by a loss of dopamine-producing cells in the brain over time.

Released: 23-Mar-2023 3:50 PM EDT
Depressed, and aging fast
University of Connecticut

Older adults with depression are actually aging faster than their peers, UConn Center on Aging researchers report.

20-Mar-2023 1:20 PM EDT
Multiple substance use disorders may share inherited genetic signature
Washington University in St. Louis

New research led by Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis identifies a common genetic signature that may increase a person's risk of developing substance use disorders. The work eventually could lead to universal therapies to treat multiple substance use disorders and potentially help people diagnosed with more than one.

Released: 8-Mar-2023 6:40 PM EST
Celebrity sightings have a built-in contradiction
University of California, Riverside

Their popularity makes celebrities easy to spot. Strangers, however, can also get mistaken for celebrities, resulting in cases of false “celebrity sightings.” In attempting to explain the contradiction, a University of California, Riverside, study reports that celebrity faces are remembered more precisely but less accurately.

Released: 8-Mar-2023 10:20 AM EST
Virginia Tech researchers study PTSD effects on bystanders
Virginia Tech

The traditional line of thought is that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is caused by directly experiencing the traumatic event. However, about 10 percent of diagnosed PTSD occurs when people witness these events versus experiencing it directly themselves. Little is known about these cases of PTSD, but that’s something that Tim Jarome, an associate professor in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences School of Animal Sciences, is aiming to change with a $430,000 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health.

Newswise: Adding antipsychotic med to antidepressant may help older adults with treatment-resistant depression
2-Mar-2023 5:35 PM EST
Adding antipsychotic med to antidepressant may help older adults with treatment-resistant depression
Washington University in St. Louis

Psychiatry researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, led a multicenter study that found, in older adults with treatment-resistant depression, that augmenting an antidepressant drug with aripiprazole helped a significant number of patients.

Released: 23-Feb-2023 11:00 AM EST
Mystical and insightful psychedelic experience may improve mental health
Ohio State University

A more mystical and insightful psychedelic drug experience may be linked to an enduring reduction in anxiety and depression symptoms, according to a new study.

Newswise: Tablet-based screening doubles detection of psychosis symptoms in youth
Released: 17-Feb-2023 4:00 PM EST
Tablet-based screening doubles detection of psychosis symptoms in youth
UC Davis Health (Defunct)

Asking patients to take a short survey on a tablet before their appointments may help mental health providers identify young people at risk of psychosis. A UC Davis Health study found that when patients took a 21-question pre-visit survey, more than twice as many were identified at risk of psychosis compared to those who did not complete the survey. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, psychosis often begins when a person is in his or her late teens to mid-twenties. About 100,000 new cases of psychosis are diagnosed each year in the U.S.

Newswise: Novel Optical and fMRI Platform Identifies Brain Regions that Control Large-scale Brain Network
Released: 15-Feb-2023 2:00 PM EST
Novel Optical and fMRI Platform Identifies Brain Regions that Control Large-scale Brain Network
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Neuroimaging techniques, like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), are not able to directly measure neuronal activity. To address this knowledge gap, a research team led by Ian Shih, PhD, professor and vice chair of the Department of Neurology and associate director of the Biomedical Research Imaging Center, has created a novel experimental platform that is able to optically record local neuronal activity during brain-wide fMRI in rodents.

Newswise: Neurosteroid Deficits Leads to Depressed Behavior
Released: 13-Feb-2023 11:05 AM EST
Neurosteroid Deficits Leads to Depressed Behavior
Tufts University

A study in mice, led by Tufts University School of Medicine scientists, found chronic stress reduced an animal’s abilities to produce and respond to neurosteroids, specifically allopregnanolone.

Released: 31-Jan-2023 8:10 PM EST
IQ changes over time may help track development, guide intervention in autistic youth
UC Davis MIND Institute

A new study by UC Davis MIND Institute researchers finds that changes in the IQ level of autistic youth may help predict their developmental path as adolescents.

Newswise: Researchers Unveil New Collection of Human Brain Atlases that Charts the Early Developing Brain in Fine Detail
Released: 26-Jan-2023 10:35 AM EST
Researchers Unveil New Collection of Human Brain Atlases that Charts the Early Developing Brain in Fine Detail
University of North Carolina Health Care System

Human brain atlases can be used by medical professionals to track normative trends over time and to pinpoint crucial aspects of early brain development. By using these atlases, they are able to see what typical structural and functional development looks like, making it easier for them to spot the symptoms of abnormal development, such as attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), dyslexia, and cerebral palsy.

Released: 19-Jan-2023 6:25 PM EST
Researchers uncover a connection between multiple sclerosis lesions and depression
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Two major health conditions appear to share a connection. Multiple sclerosis (MS), a disease which eats away at the body’s central nervous system, affects millions of people globally and depression, a mood disorder with debilitating symptoms, affects hundreds of millions of people globally.

Released: 13-Jan-2023 9:55 AM EST
Support from others in stressful times can ease impact of genetic depression risk, study suggests
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Reaching out to support a person when they’re under stress is always a good idea. But a new study suggests that support could be especially important for someone whose genetic makeup makes them more likely to develop depression.

   
Released: 28-Dec-2022 7:40 PM EST
Restricted abortion access linked to increased suicide risk in young women
University of Pennsylvania

When the Dobbs v. Jackson Supreme Court decision came down in June, overturning the right to abortion in the United States that Roe v. Wade had bestowed in 1973, conversations about access to reproductive care took on a renewed urgency.

Released: 17-Nov-2022 2:45 PM EST
Personal sensing at work: tracking burnout, balancing privacy
Cornell University

Personal sensing data could help monitor and alleviate stress among resident physicians, although privacy concerns over who sees the information and for what purposes must be addressed, according to collaborative research from Cornell Tech.

   
Released: 7-Nov-2022 4:05 PM EST
Chromosomal Testing Expands Options for Exploring Causes of SIDS
Boston Children's Hospital

A genetic test known as chromosomal microarray analysis (CMA) could help identify the cause of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) or its counterpart in older children, known as sudden unexplained death in childhood (SUDC), finds a study led by Boston Children’s Hospital.

Newswise: Investigators Shed New Light on Brain Activity Related to Dissociative Symptoms
Released: 3-Nov-2022 7:50 PM EDT
Investigators Shed New Light on Brain Activity Related to Dissociative Symptoms
McLean Hospital

Trauma can cause dissociative symptoms—such as having an out-of-body experience, or feeling emotionally numb—that may help an individual cope in the short term but can have negative impacts if the symptoms persist for a long period of time.

Newswise: Exploring Equity Barriers Before a Firearm Safety Trial
Released: 20-Oct-2022 11:25 AM EDT
Exploring Equity Barriers Before a Firearm Safety Trial
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing

When evaluating the success or failure of efforts to implement evidence-based interventions, ensuring that implementation is equitable across populations is important.

Released: 4-Oct-2022 1:45 PM EDT
Study finds clinical trial eligibility criteria commonly exclude people with disabilities
Brigham and Women’s Hospital

Protocol eligibility criteria often had language that could be used to exclude people with cognitive, visual, hearing, mobility, and other disabilities, without documented justification

Newswise: Gut bacteria may contribute to susceptibility to HIV infection, UCLA-led research suggests
Released: 29-Sep-2022 8:05 PM EDT
Gut bacteria may contribute to susceptibility to HIV infection, UCLA-led research suggests
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

New UCLA-led research suggests certain gut bacteria -- including one that is essential for a healthy gut microbiome – differ between people who go on to acquire HIV infection compared to those who have not become infected. The findings, published in the peer-reviewed journal eBioMedicine, suggest that the gut microbiome could contribute to one’s risk for HIV infection, said study lead Dr.

Newswise: How Memory of Personal Interactions Declines with Age
Released: 8-Sep-2022 11:30 AM EDT
How Memory of Personal Interactions Declines with Age
University of Maryland School of Medicine

One of the most upsetting aspects of age-related memory decline is not being able to remember the face that accompanies the name of a person you just talked with hours earlier.

27-Jul-2022 4:05 PM EDT
UCLA researchers provide new framework for studying brain organization
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA researchers and colleagues at Emory University and other research centers have combined data simulation and experimental observation to bridge a gap between two major properties of large-scale organization of the human brain – stationary and traveling waves of activity.

Newswise: Beyond the blood-brain barrier: HIV research at Texas Biomed gets NIH funding boost
Released: 27-Jul-2022 12:10 PM EDT
Beyond the blood-brain barrier: HIV research at Texas Biomed gets NIH funding boost
Texas Biomedical Research Institute

Texas Biomed has received a $3.9 million NIH grant to explore how gene-editing technology may help eradicate HIV in the brain.

Released: 8-Jul-2022 11:05 AM EDT
Brain Ripples May Help Bind Information across the Human Cortex
UC San Diego Health

Researchers at UC San Diego School of Medicine provide some of the first empirical evidence that brain ripples exist. These electrical waves have long been hypothesized as a way for the brain to integrate and encode memories.

Newswise: Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors Linked to Hormone-Sensitive Brain Disorder
Released: 13-Jun-2022 12:15 PM EDT
Suicidal Thoughts, Behaviors Linked to Hormone-Sensitive Brain Disorder
University of Illinois Chicago

A global study published in BMC Psychiatry reports that 34% of people with premenstrual dysphoric disorder have attempted suicide. The findings offer the strongest scientific evidence to date that the disorder is likely an independent contributor to suicidal thoughts and actions.

9-May-2022 12:45 PM EDT
Antidepressant Use During Pregnancy Not Linked to Epilepsy in Children
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)

A new study suggests that antidepressant use by mothers during the first trimester of pregnancy does not increase the chances of epilepsy and seizures in babies. The research is published in the May 11, 2022, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

Newswise: UCI Researchers Reveal Possible Molecular Blood Signature for Suicide in Major Depression
Released: 5-May-2022 2:15 PM EDT
UCI Researchers Reveal Possible Molecular Blood Signature for Suicide in Major Depression
University of California, Irvine

A University of California, Irvine-led team of researchers, along with members of the Pritzker Research Consortium, have developed an approach to identify blood biomarkers that could predict the suicide risk of major depressive disorder (MDD) patients.

Released: 27-Apr-2022 3:30 PM EDT
New research finds the risk of psychotic-like experiences can start in childhood
University of Rochester Medical Center

It has long been understood that environmental and socio-economic factors – including income disparity, family poverty, and air pollution – increase a person’s risk of developing psychotic-like experiences, such as subtle hallucinations and delusions that can become precursors to a schizophrenia diagnosis later in life.

Newswise:Video Embedded for-neurons-where-they-begin-isn-t-necessarily-where-they-end
VIDEO
Released: 20-Apr-2022 3:05 PM EDT
For Neurons, Where They Begin Isn’t Necessarily Where They End
UC San Diego Health

Scientists at UC San Diego School of Medicine and Rady Children’s Institute of Genomic Medicine describe novel methods for inferring the movement of human brain cells during fetal development by studying healthy adult individuals who have recently passed away from natural causes.

Newswise: UCI participates in landmark study that reveals clearest genetic signals yet for schizophrenia risk
Released: 12-Apr-2022 4:55 PM EDT
UCI participates in landmark study that reveals clearest genetic signals yet for schizophrenia risk
University of California, Irvine

Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, participated with the international SCHEMA (SCHizophrenia Exome Meta-Analysis) Consortium in a landmark genetic study of more than 121,000 people which has identified extremely rare protein-disrupting mutations in 10 genes that strongly increase an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia — in one instance, by more than 20-fold.

4-Apr-2022 3:25 PM EDT
CHOP Researchers Create Reference Model for Brain Growth over Human Lifespan
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

An international team including researchers from the Lifespan Brain Institute (LiBI) of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and the University of Pennsylvania have created a new tool that benchmarks brain development over the human lifespan, based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data from more than 100,000 individuals. The work was jointly led by LiBI researchers and colleagues at the University of Cambridge. Described today in Nature, the interactive open resource, known as BrainChart, harmonizes brain images in a way that will allow researchers to measure brain development against reference charts like those used for evaluating children’s height and weight.

14-Mar-2022 5:20 PM EDT
When the Brain Sees a Familiar Face
Cedars-Sinai

Researchers have uncovered new information about how the area of the brain responsible for memory is triggered when the eyes come to rest on a face versus another object or image.

16-Mar-2022 8:00 AM EDT
Harassment of Public Health Officials Widespread During The Initial Phase of The COVID-19 Pandemic
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

The study provides scope and context to departures of public health officials during the first phase of the pandemic.

   
Newswise: UCI study reveals neurobiological processes occurring during puberty that trigger sex differences in learning and memory
Released: 9-Feb-2022 4:55 PM EST
UCI study reveals neurobiological processes occurring during puberty that trigger sex differences in learning and memory
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., Feb. 9, 2022 — New research from the University of California, Irvine reveals that sex differences in learning and memory mechanisms are triggered by biological events occurring during puberty. Findings show prepubescent female rodents have much better hippocampal long-term potentiation (LTP) and spatial learning than same-age males, but puberty has opposite consequences for synaptic plasticity in the two sexes.

Released: 27-Jan-2022 11:35 AM EST
CHOP Researchers Develop New Method for Measuring Movement Behavior in Children with Autism
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Researchers have developed a new method of measuring motor imitation, adding to a growing set of computational behavior analysis tools that can detect and characterize motor differences in children with autism.

Newswise: Pressing Reset on Depression
Released: 26-Jan-2022 10:20 AM EST
Pressing Reset on Depression
UC San Diego Health

Transcranial magnetic stimulation offers hope for antidepressant-resistant psychiatric disorders at UC San Diego Health.

12-Nov-2021 11:05 AM EST
Medical training takes a mental toll, but less than a decade ago
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A 13-year effort to track the mental health of new doctors in their most stressful time of training shows signs that things have gotten better. But those first-year residents, also called interns, still have a sizable risk of developing depression. And many who do still don’t seek help.


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