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Digital technologies help nonspecialist to offer mental health care in low-resource settings

Text messaging, mobile apps, and other digital technologies are being used in innovative ways to support nonspecialist health workers in increasing access to mental health care in low- and middle-income countries, according to a narrative review in the March/April issue of Harvard Review of Psychiatry.

10 Apr 2019

Researchers aim to identify potential new drugs for wide range of diseases using AI

A half dozen University of Connecticut researchers are now working to identify potential new drugs to treat a wide range of diseases and conditions through a unique partnership that offers access to cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology and screening compounds at no cost.

10 Apr 2019

Prescribed medication reduces arrests, incarceration among people with opioid use disorder

When it comes to addressing the national opioid crisis, most of the research has focused on the physical health risks faced by people with opioid use disorder, such as overdose and infectious disease.

9 Apr 2019

Study suggests novel therapeutic strategy for ALS

In a study published online in Brain on April 1, researchers from Dr. XU Jin's lab at the Institute of Neuroscience of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and their collaborators revealed a new cellular mechanism for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, suggested a novel therapeutic strategy targeting the RNA degradation pathway, and identified an asthma drug as a potential medication for ALS.

9 Apr 2019

EEG of infants whose mothers has high stress levels show distinct pattern of brain activity

Does exposure to stress early in life affect a baby's brain development, and is there a way to single out babies who might benefit from early intervention?

9 Apr 2019

Brain zaps at 60 could make the brain younger finds study

A new study has shown that zapping the brains of people over the age of 60 can help improve their memory and cognitive functions to function as if they were in their 20s.

8 Apr 2019

Advances in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s could lead to treatments for other disorders

A new paper published in Nature Reviews Neurology suggests that recent advances in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson disease could lead to treatments for conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, Gilles de la Tourette syndrome and depression.

8 Apr 2019

A new software tool to generate graphical representations of neurons

Researchers from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid are involved in the development of a new method of graphic representation of neurons that allows us to visualize the data developed by neuroscientists.

8 Apr 2019

Sleep disruption leads to negativity bias, study shows

A sleepless night not only leaves us fatigued and distracted, it also makes us interpret things more negatively and makes us more likely to lose our temper.

8 Apr 2019

First-of-its-kind human trial of new brain reading device to help speech and movement

The Stentrode™ is a device that is placed inside a blood vessel of the brain located in an area that controls movement (motor cortex). It is the only investigational technology of its kind that does not require open brain surgery.

8 Apr 2019

Study: Consuming sugar does not improve mood and makes people more tired

Sugar does not improve mood and it can make people less alert and more tired after its consumption - according to a new study by the University of Warwick, Humboldt University of Berlin, and Lancaster University.

5 Apr 2019

New class of molecules could someday become basis for Zika-specific therapeutic

The Zika virus is widely known for causing microcephaly and other brain defects in the fetuses of pregnant, infected women.

4 Apr 2019

PET images of microglial activation levels could better predict Alzheimer's disease progression

Researchers have discovered a way to better predict progression of Alzheimer's disease. By imaging microglial activation levels with positron emission tomography, researchers were able to better predict progression of the disease than with beta-amyloid PET imaging, according to a study published in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

4 Apr 2019

DBS improves patients' cognitive control by increasing power of brain rhythms

In a new study that could improve the therapeutic efficacy of deep-brain stimulation for psychiatric disorders such as depression, a team of scientists shows that, when DBS is applied to a specific brain region, it improves patients' cognitive control over their behavior by increasing the power of a specific low-frequency brain rhythm in their prefrontal cortex.

4 Apr 2019

New genetic information behind urogenital track anomalies uncovered

About one in every 100 babies is born with some kind of developmental anomaly in the urogenital tract. In most cases abnormalities are mild, but sometimes life-long and even life-threatening disease develops.

4 Apr 2019

NIAID awards $22 million grant to develop antibody-based therapies against lethal viruses

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has awarded an international consortium led by Albert Einstein College of Medicine, part of Montefiore, a five-year, $22 million grant to develop antibody-based therapies against four highly lethal viruses for which there are no approved vaccines or treatments.

4 Apr 2019

Simplifying Gene Expression Analysis in Neuroscience Research

In this interview, Kevin Gamber introduces the Neuroscience panel of the NanoString service for gene expression analysis from Canopy Biosciences.

From Canopy Biosciences 3 Apr 2019

New study debunks link between depression risk and 18 genes

Over the past quarter-century, researchers have published hundreds of studies suggesting a small set of particular genes or gene-variants plays a substantial role in boosting susceptibility to depression.

3 Apr 2019

Salk researchers reveal new role for a driver of metastatic cancers

Metastatic ovarian, prostate and breast cancers are notoriously difficult to treat and often deadly. Now, Salk Institute researchers have revealed a new role for the CDK12 protein. The findings were published in the print version of Genes & Development on April 1, 2019.

3 Apr 2019

Unique 3D-printed transparent skull provides opportunity to watch brain activity in real time

Researchers at the University of Minnesota have developed a unique 3D-printed transparent skull implant for mice that provides an opportunity to watch activity of the entire brain surface in real time.

3 Apr 2019

Neuroscience News and Research

Digital technologies help nonspecialist to offer mental health care in low-resource settings

Researchers aim to identify potential new drugs for wide range of diseases using AI

Prescribed medication reduces arrests, incarceration among people with opioid use disorder

Study suggests novel therapeutic strategy for ALS

EEG of infants whose mothers has high stress levels show distinct pattern of brain activity

Brain zaps at 60 could make the brain younger finds study

Advances in deep brain stimulation for Parkinson’s could lead to treatments for other disorders

A new software tool to generate graphical representations of neurons

Sleep disruption leads to negativity bias, study shows

First-of-its-kind human trial of new brain reading device to help speech and movement

Study: Consuming sugar does not improve mood and makes people more tired

New class of molecules could someday become basis for Zika-specific therapeutic

PET images of microglial activation levels could better predict Alzheimer's disease progression

DBS improves patients' cognitive control by increasing power of brain rhythms

New genetic information behind urogenital track anomalies uncovered

NIAID awards $22 million grant to develop antibody-based therapies against lethal viruses

Simplifying Gene Expression Analysis in Neuroscience Research

New study debunks link between depression risk and 18 genes

Salk researchers reveal new role for a driver of metastatic cancers

Unique 3D-printed transparent skull provides opportunity to watch brain activity in real time

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Evaluating new approaches for rare disease genomics

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