Brain-Gut Health Initiative supports AI-assisted diagnosis of psychiatric disorders

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	Brain-Gut Health Initiative supports AI-assisted diagnosis of psychiatric disorders Psychiatric disorders affect millions worldwide, but their diagnosis still relies on clinical observation instead of standard biological tests.

	Molecular switch protein Ten4 guides neuron migration in the developing brain During brain development, neurons can regulate their movement until they reach their final destination thanks to a "molecular switch" involving the protein Teneurin 4 (Ten4).

	Study reveals interhemispheric brain circuit crucial for spatial memory A team led by the Institute for Neurosciences (IN), a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH), has identified a brain circuit essential for spatial memory.

			Mapping brain circuits helps identify the causes of psychiatric symptoms If a small stroke in one corner of the brain can tip a previously healthy person into mania or set off obsessions and compulsions where none existed before, then the circuit connected to that lesion is telling us something rare in psychiatry.

			Shared brain connectivity patterns found across major neurodevelopmental disorders Differences in brain connectivity are linked to several neurodevelopmental disorders, yet scientists still struggle to determine what changes are shared or unique to each condition.

			Study finds no psychiatric risk from prenatal sedatives A large South Korean study published by The BMJ today finds no increased risk of psychiatric or neurodevelopmental disorders, such as ADHD and autism, in children whose mothers used sedative drugs (benzodiazepines or Z-hypnotics) during pregnancy.

	How Pets Improve Mental Health and Reduce Stress Animal-assisted therapy uses structured interaction with trained animals to support mental, social, and physical health. Evidence suggests benefits for stress, anxiety, mood, social engagement, and quality of life, but stronger trials are still needed.

	APOLLO AI learns from 25 billion medical events to predict future disease APOLLO is a multimodal temporal foundation model trained on 25.2 billion medical events from 7.2 million patients across 33 years of Mass General Brigham records, integrating 28 medical modalities into unified “virtual patient representations.

	Bullying and social policies worsen mental health in gender-diverse teens Gender-diverse adolescents who experience bullying and live in states with persistently unsupportive gender identity laws are significantly more likely to suffer escalating psychological distress compared to their peers, according to new research by UCLA Health.

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