psychiatry

Study confirms that while certain foods can be associated with a mental health condition, this tells us little about why the food causes this effect

UC San Francisco / UNC Chapel Hill team determines first high-resolution structure of dopamine receptor

Research in mice could have implications for human brain disease

Because dominance and aggressiveness have been linked to stress resistance, these findings may influence the development of more effective gender-specific treatment strategies for stress-related neuropsychiatric disorders

microRNA miR-124-3p is a potential therapeutic target for novel drug development, and it can serve as a putative biomarker for MDD pathogenesis

The areas which were most improved by exercising were patients’ ability to understand social situations, their attention spans, and their ‘working memory’

Will help neurological, psychiatric research

“This is the first real study of gene expression in the striatum for bipolar disorder,” said study director

A small scale study into treating depression using psilocybin, the psychedelic compound of magic mushrooms, has found it can be safely administered

Study finds that among women whose income was lower than their male counterparts, the odds of major depression were nearly two-and-a-half times higher