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- Brain Signal Predicts Working Memory Prowess
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April 16, 2004
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Some people are better than others at remembering what they have just seen—holding mental pictures in mind from moment to moment.
- Making Sense of the Brain's Mind-Boggling Complexity
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April 16, 2004
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Leading scientists in integrating and visualizing the explosion of information about the brain will convene at a conference commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Human Brain Project (HBP).
- Monkey Talk, Human Speech Share Left-Brain Processing
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January 29, 2004
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Scans have pinpointed circuits in the monkey brain that could be precursors of those in humans for speech and language.
- Emotion-Regulating Protein Lacking in Panic Disorder
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January 20, 2004
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Three brain areas of panic disorder patients are lacking in a key component of a chemical messenger system that regulates emotion, researchers at the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered.
- Mental Illness Genetics Among Science’s Top “Breakthroughs“ for 2003
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December 22, 2003
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Research on the genetics of mental illness, most of it NIMH-funded and much of it in the Institute’s own laboratories, was named the #2 scientific "breakthrough of the year" by Science magazine in its December l9, 2003, issue.
- Mutant Gene Linked to Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
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October 23, 2003
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Analysis of DNA samples from patients with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and related illnesses suggests that these neuropsychiatric disorders affecting mood and behavior are associated with an uncommon mutant, malfunctioning gene that leads to faulty transporter function and regulation.
- New Program Will Pursue Schizophrenia Gene Leads
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September 12, 2003
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The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced a new program expanding genetics research on schizophrenia in its own Bethesda, Maryland, laboratories.
- Creation of New Neurons Critical to Antidepressant Action in Mice
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August 7, 2003
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Blocking the formation of neurons in the hippocampus blocks the behavioral effects of antidepressants in mice, say researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
- Gene More Than Doubles Risk Of Depression Following Life Stresses
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July 17, 2003
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Among people who suffered multiple stressful life events over 5 years, 43 percent with one version of a gene developed depression, compared to only 17 percent with another version of the gene, say researchers funded, in part, by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
- NIMH Awards $22.6 Million for Center for Collaborative Research on Mental Disorders
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July 1, 2003
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Under a cooperative agreement, the Center will accelerate progress toward understanding genetic origins of mental disorders including autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
