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- Molecular Secrets Revealed: Antipsychotic Docked in its Receptor
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Scientists have deciphered the molecular structure of a widely-prescribed antipsychotic docked in its key human brain receptor. The discovery may hold clues to designing better treatments for schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and other mental illnesses.
- Memory Gene Goes Viral
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A gene crucial for learning can send its genetic material from one neuron to another by employing a strategy commonly used by viruses.
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Builds on Early Advances
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NIH has announced funding for 110 new awards totaling $169 million for the BRAIN Initiative.
- NIH BRAIN Initiative Launches Cell Census
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The NIH today launched a major effort to discover and catalog the brain’s “parts list.”
- NIH Completes Atlas of Human DNA Differences that Influence Gene Expression
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• Science Update
NIH researchers have completed an atlas documenting how DNA influence human gene expression.
- Depression’s “Transcriptional Signatures” Differ in Men vs. Women
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Brain gene expression associated with depression differed markedly between men and women. Such divergent “transcriptional signatures” may signal divergent underlying illness processes requiring sex-specific treatments.
- Scientists Give Star Treatment to Lesser-Known Cells Crucial for Brain Development
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Star-shaped support brain cells, astrocytes, growing in 3-D “organoids” in a dish develop similarly as those in human brain tissue.
- Patient-Derived Support Cells Stunt Mouse Brain Development
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• Science Update
Support cells generated from patients with childhood onset schizophrenia stunted neural circuit development when grafted into developing mouse brains.
- NIH Names Winners of “Follow that Cell” Phase 2 Competition
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Two biological engineering researchers are winners in Phase 2 of NIH’s Follow that Cell Challenge. The winners will share $400,000 in prizes awarded for development of new tools and methods for predicting the behavior and function of a single cell in complex tissue over time – and how that reflects the health of the tissue.
- Brain Circuit Tweak Wins Her Affection (if she’s a vole)
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For the first time, neuroscientists have boosted a female rodent’s partnering with a male by stimulating connectivity of a brain reward circuit. Understanding the circuitry of such affiliative behaviors may lead to improved treatments for social impairment in severe mental disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder.
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