Study: DBS shows promise for treating patients with post-stroke pain syndrome
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the ventral striatum/anterior limb of the internal capsule is safe and feasible in addressing the affective component of pain in patients with post-stroke pain syndrome.
View ArticleStudy identifies structural changes in genes that increase risk of Tourette...
Researchers have identified structural changes in two genes that increase the risk of developing Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary motor and vocal tics.
View ArticleUCSF-led study finds high rate of autism symptoms in children with Tourette...
Around one in five children with Tourette syndrome, a neurological disorder characterized by involuntary movements and vocalizations, met criteria for autism in a study headed by UC San Francisco.
View ArticleResearchers identify first definitive risk genes for Tourette Syndrome
An international team that just conducted the largest study of Tourette Syndrome has identified genetic abnormalities that are the first definitive risk genes for the disorder.
View ArticleUCLA study: Changes in brain regions may hold key to why some people prefer...
Why do some people prefer stable, predictable lives while others prefer frequent changes? Why do some people make rational decisions and others, impulsive and reckless ones? UCLA behavioral...
View ArticleSexual assault survivors have increased risk for suicide, mental health...
An analysis of nearly 200 independent studies involving more than 230,000 adult participants finds that having been sexually assaulted is associated with significantly increased risk of anxiety,...
View ArticleResearchers unravel genetic characteristics that increase risk of developing...
An international research team including Vasiliy Ramensky, a member of the MIPT Life Sciences Center, has unraveled genetic characteristics that increase the risk of developing Tourette syndrome.
View ArticleResearchers identify control mechanisms of synapse formation
DGIST announced that the research team of Professor Ko Jae-won at the Department of Brain & Cognitive Sciences and the research team of Professor Kim Ho-min at KAIST conducted a joint research and...
View ArticleBetter understanding of serotonin's function in the brain could lead to...
A better understanding of how a key chemical messenger acts in the brain could lead to a radical shift in psychiatric care, according to a new research paper.
View ArticleRutgers scientists use genetic engineering technique to create brain cells...
Scientists at Rutgers University-New Brunswick used a genetic engineering technique for the first time to create brain cells from the blood cells of individuals in a three-generation family with...
View ArticleStudy finds transcranial direct-current stimulation to be less effective than...
A new study questions the efficacy of treatments for depression based on stimulating brain areas with low-intensity electric current. The technique, known as transcranial direct-current stimulation...
View ArticleStudy examines effectiveness of placebo and antidepressants in children,...
Although the clinical efficacy of antidepressants in children and adolescents is proven, it is frequently accompanied by side effects. In addition, the influence of the placebo effect on the efficacy...
View ArticlePeople with OCD show distinct changes in the brain when treated with special...
UCLA researchers report that people with obsessive-compulsive disorder, when treated with a special form of talk therapy, demonstrate distinct changes in their brains as well as improvement in their...
View ArticleStudy may provide insights into treating autism and other neuropsychiatric...
Alterations in a naturally occurring chemical in the brain called serotonin have been linked to a number of neuropsychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder as...
View ArticleFour genes associated with OCD identified
There are found genes that have been identified to be associated with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD). These genes have been found to alter the circuitry of the brain in a manner that could lead to...
View ArticleCognitive behavioral therapy also has long-lasting effect for children,...
Some children and adolescents think that they will have an accident if they do not count all the lampposts on their way to school. Or cannot leave the house unless they have washed their hands...
View ArticleStudy links mild obsessive-compulsive symptoms to alterations of cerebral...
A new study carried out by the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute and the Institute of Global Health of Barcelona, a centre supported by "la Caixa" Foundation, associates for the first time mild...
View ArticleStudy of songbirds provides key insights into how the brain learns motor skills
The explanation for how people learn complex behaviors, such as speech, might be found in a new study of songbirds by scientists at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
View ArticlePeople living in areas with less sunlight may have high risk of OCD
Living at higher latitudes, where there is also less sunlight, could result in a higher prevalence rate of obsessive compulsive disorder, according to new research from Binghamton University, State...
View ArticleFDA approves marketing of brainsway deep transcranial magnetic stimulation...
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration permitted marketing of the Brainsway Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation System for treatment of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).
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