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Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia: a long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
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DEC 23, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
A Johnson & Johnson drug approved for the treatment of a handful of mood or mental disorders is coming under fire fo ...DEC 20, 2016Neuroscience
At the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA many new research projects were presented, data was disc ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 15, 2016Neuroscience
People who have pets in their lives very often treat them almost as fully human members of the family. Many studies have ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimDEC 05, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have determined that a small piece ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2016Neuroscience
It’s not quite Christmas Eve yet, but everyone has heard the line from the holiday poem “ while visions of s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimNOV 15, 2016Neuroscience
Neuroscience is a serious field of research. Understanding how the brain works, what causes certain deficits and finding ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 16, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work performed at Stanford University has revealed a neuronal circuit in the brain that is critical to the cycle of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 15, 2016Videos
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. It's aggressive and spreads quickly. It's also pretty s ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 27, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2016Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 16, 2016Neuroscience
Mental illness is a term used to describe disorders like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. They are mental because ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 13, 2016Health & Medicine
Elyn Saks is an associate dean and professor of law, psychology, and behavioral sciences at the USC Gould School of Law. ...Written By: Julianne ChiaetAUG 03, 2016Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 29, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 22, 2016Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve ...JUL 19, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers working at Florida State Unive ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2016Health & Medicine
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the leading cause of death and disability for Americans under the age of 45. Specific ...Written By: Cassidy ReichJUN 28, 2016Genetics & Genomics
Bipolar disorder affects millions of Americans, and although it isn’t always the case, it can be very severe. In a ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 26, 2016Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 21, 2016Videos
There are a number of people who claim to be able to hear voices in their head, whether they think it's another person r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 05, 2016Videos
The brain has about 100 billions of neurons and at least 100 trillion neuron connections. These cells and connections ma ...APR 27, 2016Immunology
Originally developed as an anesthetic in 1926, phencyclidine (PCP), also known as “angel dust,” was disconti ...Written By: Kara MarkerAPR 14, 2016Neuroscience
Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter and is essential for many important processes in the brain. In accorda ...Written By: Cassidy ReichAPR 09, 2016Health & Medicine
A few months ago, my fellow Labroots writer Brenda Kelley Kim did a nice piece on this paper from a group at Western Uni ...Written By: Cassidy Reich
DEC 23, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
A Johnson & Johnson drug approved for the treatment of a handful of mood or mental disorders is coming under fire fo
...
DEC 20, 2016
Neuroscience
At the recent Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, CA many new research projects were presented, data was disc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 15, 2016
Neuroscience
People who have pets in their lives very often treat them almost as fully human members of the family. Many studies have
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
DEC 05, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Reporting in Nature Medicine, scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have determined that a small piece
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2016
Neuroscience
It’s not quite Christmas Eve yet, but everyone has heard the line from the holiday poem “ while visions of s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
NOV 15, 2016
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is a serious field of research. Understanding how the brain works, what causes certain deficits and finding
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 16, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work performed at Stanford University has revealed a neuronal circuit in the brain that is critical to the cycle of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 15, 2016
Videos
Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat. It's aggressive and spreads quickly. It's also pretty s
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 27, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Neurons signal to each other throughout the body using a connection called a synapse. While they are very small, they ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2016
Immunology
Your stomach growls and you think, “it’s telling me that it’s time for lunch.” However, it&rsquo
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 16, 2016
Neuroscience
Mental illness is a term used to describe disorders like depression, anxiety and schizophrenia. They are mental because
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 13, 2016
Health & Medicine
Elyn Saks is an associate dean and professor of law, psychology, and behavioral sciences at the USC Gould School of Law.
...
Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
AUG 03, 2016
Neuroscience
When a person sleeps, the brain is still very hard at work. Everything that someone sees, does or learns in the average
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 29, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dysfunction in the immune system is associated with a few mental and neurological disorders. Scientists investigating th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 22, 2016
Cancer
Nausea and vomiting are among the most common adverse side effects of chemotherapy. In fact, some drugs induce such seve
...
JUL 19, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers working at Florida State Unive
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2016
Health & Medicine
Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are the leading cause of death and disability for Americans under the age of 45. Specific
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
JUN 28, 2016
Genetics & Genomics
Bipolar disorder affects millions of Americans, and although it isn’t always the case, it can be very severe. In a
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 26, 2016
Cell & Molecular Biology
New work published in Molecular Psychiatry now reports an association of CNV and schizophrenia. In collaboration wi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 21, 2016
Videos
There are a number of people who claim to be able to hear voices in their head, whether they think it's another person r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 05, 2016
Videos
The brain has about 100 billions of neurons and at least 100 trillion neuron connections. These cells and connections ma
...
APR 27, 2016
Immunology
Originally developed as an anesthetic in 1926, phencyclidine (PCP), also known as “angel dust,” was disconti
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
APR 14, 2016
Neuroscience
Glutamate is the main excitatory neurotransmitter and is essential for many important processes in the brain. In accorda
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich
APR 09, 2016
Health & Medicine
A few months ago, my fellow Labroots writer Brenda Kelley Kim did a nice piece on this paper from a group at Western Uni
...
Written By:
Cassidy Reich