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<p>A scientific team supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) unveiled the first complete map of the neural connections of the common fruit fly brain. </p>
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<p>An NIMH-funded research consortium has produced the largest and most advanced multidimensional maps of gene regulation networks in the brains of people with and without mental disorders.</p>
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<p>Decades of NIMH-supported basic research led to a pioneering treatment for postpartum depression and continues to power exciting advances in women's mental health care.</p>
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<p>In celebration of NIMHs 75th anniversary, we reflect on decades of work by the institute to understand and eradicate HIV.</p>
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<p>An NIMH-supported study of the 3D genome revealed widespread silencing of genes with important roles in brain function in fragile X syndrome and related disorders.</p>
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<p>For the first time ever, an international team of researchers has created a complete cell atlas of a whole mammalian brain.</p>
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href="/news/science-updates/2023/scientists-unveil-detailed-cell-maps-of-the-human-brain-and-the-nonhuman-primate-brain">Scientists Unveil Detailed Cell Maps of the Human Brain and the Nonhuman Primate Brain </a></dt>
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<p>A group of international scientists have mapped the genetic, cellular, and structural makeup of the human brain and the nonhuman primate brain, allowing for a deeper knowledge of the cellular basis of brain function and dysfunction, helping pave the way for a new generation of precision therapeutics for people with mental disorders and other disorders of the brain.</p>
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<p>In this NIMH-funded study, researchers developed a compound that blocked an enzyme critical for forming HIV particles, which stopped the virus from correctly forming and becoming infectious.</p>
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alt="Model showing glycine (teal) docking on the receptor GPR158. The dotted lines show contacts glycine molecule forms with GPR158. Courtesy of the Martemyanov lab, The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology."
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<p>Researchers in a NIMH-supported study identified a new receptor for glycine that helps enhance communication between nerve cells in the brain and offers a potential new target for treating mental disorders.</p>
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<p>NIMH-funded research sheds light on how negative early life experiences may impact how we act in response to rewards, which is often disrupted in people with mental illnesses.</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2023/researchers-find-order-in-the-language-of-the-brain"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/thumbnails/Parabolic%20Avalanche_Thumbnail.jpg"
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alt="Concept of neurons communicating with an explosion of activity between two neurons. "
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data-mid="22299"></a>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2023/researchers-find-order-in-the-language-of-the-brain">Researchers Find Order in the Language of the Brain</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2023-06-05">June 5, 2023
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• Research Highlight</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>New research supported by NIMH used mathematical approaches to explain how neurons in the brain communicate over time to support information processing.</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2023/researchers-unlock-genetic-mutations-contributing-to-disorders-in-the-brain"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/multicolor-brain-tn_0.jpg"
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alt="Multi-colored brain in space with a dotted background. Courtesy of the Gleeson Lab for Pediatric Brain Disease, University of California San Diego and Rady Children's Institute for Genomic Medicine."
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data-mid="22154"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2023/researchers-unlock-genetic-mutations-contributing-to-disorders-in-the-brain">Researchers Unlock Genetic Mutations Contributing to Disorders in the Brain </a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2023-04-10">April 10, 2023
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• Research Highlight</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>Researchers identified novel genes with mosaic mutations contributing to treatment-resistant pediatric epilepsy and pointing to specific disrupted pathways in cortical development.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2023/hiv-can-persist-for-years-in-myeloid-cells-of-people-on-antiretroviral-therapy"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/thumbnails/white%20blood%20cells%20-%20thumbnail.jpg"
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alt="Illustration of white blood cells and red blood cells"
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data-mid="22110"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2023/hiv-can-persist-for-years-in-myeloid-cells-of-people-on-antiretroviral-therapy">HIV Can Persist for Years in Myeloid Cells of People on Antiretroviral Therapy</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2023-03-27">March 27, 2023
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• Press Release</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>A subset of white blood cells, known as myeloid cells, can harbor HIV in people who have been virally suppressed for years on antiretroviral therapy, according to findings from a small study supported by the National Institutes of Health.</p>
|
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</div>
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</dd>
|
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2022/t-cells-help-hiv-enter-and-persist-in-the-brain"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/research-highlights/featured-images/T-Cells120.png"
|
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alt="Close up of a T cell being infected by the HIV virus on its surface"
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data-mid="21869"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2022/t-cells-help-hiv-enter-and-persist-in-the-brain">T Cells Help HIV Enter and Persist in the Brain</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
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datetime="2022-12-01">December 1, 2022
|
||
• Research Highlight</time>
|
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</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A recent NIMH-supported study sheds light on the role of a unique set of T cells in trafficking HIV infection into the brain and mediating the virus’ persistence there.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2022/researchers-develop-method-to-study-brain-connectivity-functionality"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/Pasca-thumb.png"
|
||
alt="Example of a transplanted human cortical organoid (t-hCO) in the rat cortex. Credit: Revah, O. et al. Nature (2022); Pasca Lab, Stanford"
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data-mid="21741"></a>
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2022/researchers-develop-method-to-study-brain-connectivity-functionality">Researchers Develop Method to Study Brain Connectivity, Functionality</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
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datetime="2022-10-13">October 13, 2022
|
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• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Scientists have developed a research method that allows for a much more detailed examination of the brain processes involved in some neurological and mental disorders.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2022/tool-uses-light-to-inhibit-neural-activity-in-mice"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/research-highlights/Parapinopsin120.png"
|
||
alt="A drawing of parapinopsin, a photoswitchable GPCR that can be turned on using UV light and turned off using amber light. Credit: Copits, B. et al., (2021). A photoswitchable GPCR-based opsin for presynaptic inhibition. Neuron, 109(11), 1791–1809.e11."
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data-mid="21332"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2022/tool-uses-light-to-inhibit-neural-activity-in-mice">Tool Uses Light to Inhibit Neural Activity in Mice</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2022-04-06">April 6, 2022
|
||
• Research Highlight</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers supported by NIH have developed a way to genetically insert a type of light receptor into neurons. The new technique enables the researchers to suppress the neuron’s activity using pulses of light.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2022/autism-and-congenital-heart-disease-share-underlying-molecular-network"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/research-highlights/featured-images/blue_molecule_things_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="3D rendering of a molecule"
|
||
data-mid="21296"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2022/autism-and-congenital-heart-disease-share-underlying-molecular-network">Autism and Congenital Heart Disease Share Underlying Molecular Network</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2022-03-17">March 17, 2022
|
||
• Research Highlight</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A recent study of gene networks may hold some promising clues about shared mechanisms underlying autism spectrum disorder and congenital heart disease, two physiologically distinct disorders that often co-occur.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2021/genomic-data-from-more-than-41000-people-shed-new-light-on-bipolar-disorder"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/gwas_bipolar_disorder_120x120.png"
|
||
alt="Image of brain and DNA strands"
|
||
data-mid="21023"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2021/genomic-data-from-more-than-41000-people-shed-new-light-on-bipolar-disorder">Genomic Data From More Than 41,000 People Shed New Light on Bipolar Disorder</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2021-09-29">September 29, 2021
|
||
• Research Highlight</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>In the largest genome-wide association study of bipolar disorder to date, researchers found about twice as many genetic locations associated with bipolar disorder as reported in previous studies. These and other findings help improve our understanding of the biological origins of bipolar disorder.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2021/mapping-imbalance-in-brain-anatomy-across-the-lifespan"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/research-highlights/featured-images/blue_line_illustration_of_brain.jpg"
|
||
alt="line drawing illustration of human brain"
|
||
data-mid="20757"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2021/mapping-imbalance-in-brain-anatomy-across-the-lifespan">Mapping ‘Imbalance’ in Brain Anatomy Across the Lifespan</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2021-06-14">June 14, 2021
|
||
• Research Highlight</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers in the NIMH Intramural Research Program have developed a new way to measure the degree to which the proportions of an individual person’s brain differ from the proportions typically seen in the broader population. This technique yields new insights into brain development and offers tools for further study.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2021/new-experiences-enhance-learning-by-resetting-key-brain-circuit"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/conn_neuron_120.png"
|
||
alt="illustration of connected neurons"
|
||
data-mid="17577"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2021/new-experiences-enhance-learning-by-resetting-key-brain-circuit">New Experiences Enhance Learning by Resetting Key Brain Circuit</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2021-02-24">February 24, 2021
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A study of spatial learning in mice shows that exposure to new experiences dampens established representations in the brain’s hippocampus and prefrontal cortex, allowing the mice to learn new navigation strategies.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2021/gene-readouts-contribute-to-distinctness-of-mental-disorders"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/dna_structure.jpg"
|
||
alt="Illustration of DNA double helix"
|
||
data-mid="17606"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2021/gene-readouts-contribute-to-distinctness-of-mental-disorders">Gene Readouts Contribute To Distinctness of Mental Disorders</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2021-02-09">February 9, 2021
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A new study conducted by researchers at NIMH suggests that differences in the expression of gene transcripts – readouts copied from DNA that help maintain and build our cells – may hold the key to understanding how mental disorders with shared genetic risk factors result in different patterns of onset, symptoms, course of illness, and treatment responses.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/nih-funded-study-sheds-light-on-abnormal-neural-function-in-rare-genetic-disorder"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brain_blue_neurons_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Image of brain neurons"
|
||
data-mid="17506"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2020/nih-funded-study-sheds-light-on-abnormal-neural-function-in-rare-genetic-disorder">NIH-funded Study Sheds Light on Abnormal Neural Function in Rare Genetic Disorder</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2020-09-28">September 28, 2020
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A genetic study has identified neuronal abnormalities in the electrical activity of cortical cells derived from people with a rare genetic disorder called 22q11.2 deletion syndrome.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/genetic-variations-highlight-the-importance-of-metabolic-processes-in-anorexia"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/research-highlights/featured-images/molecular_structure_illustration.jpg"
|
||
alt="artistic illustration of a molecular structure"
|
||
data-mid="16045"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2020/genetic-variations-highlight-the-importance-of-metabolic-processes-in-anorexia">Genetic Variations Highlight the Importance of Metabolic Processes in Anorexia</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2020-07-22">July 22, 2020
|
||
• Research Highlight</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>The need to identify effective targets for intervention in anorexia nervosa is pressing, as patient outcomes are often poor. An NIMH-funded genome-wide association study suggests that metabolic processes may play an important role in the disorder, offering a promising new avenue for investigation.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/study-shows-highly-reproducible-sex-differences-in-aspects-of-human-brain-anatomy"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/human_brain_blueprint_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="blueprint style line drawing of human brain"
|
||
data-mid="17694"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2020/study-shows-highly-reproducible-sex-differences-in-aspects-of-human-brain-anatomy">Study Shows Highly Reproducible Sex Differences in Aspects of Human Brain Anatomy</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2020-07-20">July 20, 2020
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A scientific analysis of more than 2,000 brain scans found evidence for highly reproducible sex differences in the volume of certain regions in the human brain.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/brain-cells-can-harbor-and-spread-hiv-virus-to-the-body"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/thumbnails/al-harthi_image_120.png"
|
||
alt="Image showing HIV infection of CD4+ T cells in the mouse brain. Human T cells (magenta), human astrocytes (red), HIV (green), nuclei (Blue). Arrows identify uptake of HIV from astrocytes into T cells. Credit: Al-Harthi et al. (2020)"
|
||
data-mid="16980"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2020/brain-cells-can-harbor-and-spread-hiv-virus-to-the-body">Brain Cells Can Harbor and Spread HIV Virus to the Body</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2020-06-11">June 11, 2020
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers funded by NIMH have found that astrocytes, a type of brain cell, can harbor HIV and then spread the virus to immune cells that traffic out of the brain and into other organs.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/new-nimh-strategic-plan-paves-the-way-for-advances-in-mental-health-research"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/sp2020-thumbnail2.png"
|
||
alt="NIMH Strategic Plan logo"
|
||
data-mid="17829"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2020/new-nimh-strategic-plan-paves-the-way-for-advances-in-mental-health-research">New NIMH Strategic Plan Paves the Way for Advances in Mental Health Research</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2020-05-20">May 20, 2020
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>The Strategic Plan for Research advances the Institute’s mission and helps guide future mental health research efforts. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/brain-processes-underlying-the-extinction-and-reactivation-of-fear-memories"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/research-highlights/featured-images/fear-acquisition-tagged-neurons-featured.png"
|
||
alt="Image showing immunofluorescence of fear-acquisition tagged neurons in the dentate gyrus during spontaneous recovery. Credit: Springer Nature; Lacagnina et al. 2019"
|
||
data-mid="16044"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2020/brain-processes-underlying-the-extinction-and-reactivation-of-fear-memories">Brain Processes Underlying the Extinction and Reactivation of Fear Memories </a></dt>
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2020-04-09">April 9, 2020
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• Research Highlight</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>In a study published in 2019 in the journal Nature Neuroscience, researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health investigated the neurobiological changes that occur in the brain circuits of mice when contextual fear memories — fear of a place where an aversive event occurred — are formed and extinguished.</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/fast-fail-trial-shows-new-approach-to-identifying-brain-targets-for-clinical-treatments"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/neuronal_receptors_featured.jpg"
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alt="This is an image of neuronal receptors."
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data-mid="17739"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2020/fast-fail-trial-shows-new-approach-to-identifying-brain-targets-for-clinical-treatments">Fast-Fail Trial Shows New Approach to Identifying Brain Targets for Clinical Treatments</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2020-03-30">March 30, 2020
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• Press Release</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>An innovative NIMH-funded trial shows that a receptor involved in the brain’s reward system may be a viable target for treating anhedonia (or lack of pleasure), a key symptom of several mood and anxiety disorders.</p>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2020/large-scale-genetics-study-sheds-light-on-developmental-origins-of-autism"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/research-highlights/featured-images/double_helix_dna_strands.jpg"
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alt="This image shows double-helix DNA strands."
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data-mid="16042"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2020/large-scale-genetics-study-sheds-light-on-developmental-origins-of-autism">Large-Scale Genetics Study Sheds Light on Developmental Origins of Autism</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2020-03-06">March 6, 2020
|
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• Research Highlight</time>
|
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>Researchers were able to identify different types of rare genetic variations associated with autism spectrum disorder by analyzing data shared via the NIMH-funded Autism Sequencing Consortium.</p>
|
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</div>
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</dd>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2019/reading-the-brains-map-coordinated-brain-activation-supports-spatial-learning-and-decision-making"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/hippocampal_cell_activity_rat_featured.png"
|
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alt="cell-by-cell list of hippocampal activity in rat brain"
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data-mid="17678"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2019/reading-the-brains-map-coordinated-brain-activation-supports-spatial-learning-and-decision-making">Reading the Brain’s Map: Coordinated Brain Activation Supports Spatial Learning and Decision-Making</a></dt>
|
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
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datetime="2019-10-30">October 30, 2019
|
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• Press Release</time>
|
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</p>
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>NIH-supported study finds that spatial “replay” in neurons may help rats learn how to navigate toward goals.</p>
|
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</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2019/new-brain-initiative-awards-accelerate-neuroscience-discoveries"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brain_initiative_awards_2019_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="illustration of a human brain with magnifying glass held up to show detailed view of forebrain"
|
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data-mid="17562"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2019/new-brain-initiative-awards-accelerate-neuroscience-discoveries">New BRAIN Initiative Awards Accelerate Neuroscience Discoveries</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2019-10-18">October 18, 2019
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>The NIH has announced its continued support for the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies® (BRAIN) Initiative by funding more than 180 new BRAIN Initiative awards, bringing the total 2019 budget for the program to more than $424 million.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2019/nih-brain-initiative-tool-may-transform-how-scientists-study-brain-structure-and-function"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/neurons_astrocytes_cell_nuclei_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Immunofluorescent stained neurons, astrocytes, and cell nuclei in hippocampal CA3 region of brain"
|
||
data-mid="17733"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2019/nih-brain-initiative-tool-may-transform-how-scientists-study-brain-structure-and-function">NIH BRAIN Initiative Tool May Transform How Scientists Study Brain Structure and Function</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2019-04-17">April 17, 2019
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers have developed a high-tech support system that can keep a large mammalian brain from rapidly decomposing in the hours after death, enabling study of certain molecular and cellular functions.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2019/ketamine-reverses-neural-changes-underlying-depression-related-behaviors-in-mice"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/dendritic_spine_remodeling_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Images of dendritic spine remodeling. Images taken at baseline, after exposure to a stressor (Chronic CORT), and after a single dose of ketamine. Credit: Reprinted with permission from Conor Liston, Science (2019)"
|
||
data-mid="17594"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2019/ketamine-reverses-neural-changes-underlying-depression-related-behaviors-in-mice">Ketamine Reverses Neural Changes Underlying Depression-Related Behaviors in Mice</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2019-04-11">April 11, 2019
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers have identified ketamine-induced brain-related changes that are responsible for maintaining the remission of behaviors related to depression in mice — findings that may help researchers develop interventions that promote lasting remission of depression in humans.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2019/mega-docking-library-poised-to-speed-drug-discovery"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/mega_molecular_library_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="An illustration of molecules discovered using the mega docking library."
|
||
data-mid="17724"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2019/mega-docking-library-poised-to-speed-drug-discovery">Mega Docking Library Poised to Speed Drug Discovery</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2019-02-06">February 6, 2019
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers have launched an ultra-large virtual docking library expected to grow to more than 1 billion molecules by next year. It will expand by 1000-fold the number of such “make-on-demand” compounds readily available to scientists for chemical biology and drug discovery.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2019/puerto-ricos-fear-lab-mentors-neuroscience-rigor-amid-diversity"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/quirklabsfn18120.jpg"
|
||
alt="fear lab trainees with poster at SFN 2018"
|
||
data-mid="17816"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2019/puerto-ricos-fear-lab-mentors-neuroscience-rigor-amid-diversity">Puerto Rico’s “Fear Lab” Mentors Neuroscience Rigor amid Diversity</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2019-01-30">January 30, 2019
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A lineage of young neuroscientists from diverse backgrounds trace their scientific roots to a “fear lab” in Puerto Rico that the National Institutes of Health has been supporting for two decades.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2019/new-findings-reveal-surprising-role-of-the-cerebellum-in-reward-and-social-behaviors"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/mouse_location_heatmap_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="A heatmap shows the amount of time a mouse spent in locations of an open field chamber during optogenetic stimulation of the cerebellar input to the VTA."
|
||
data-mid="17751"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2019/new-findings-reveal-surprising-role-of-the-cerebellum-in-reward-and-social-behaviors">New Findings Reveal Surprising Role of the Cerebellum in Reward and Social Behaviors</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2019-01-17">January 17, 2019
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A new study in rodents has demonstrated, for the first time, that the brain’s cerebellum plays a role in controlling reward and social preference behavior—findings that shed light on the brain circuits critical to the affective and social dysfunction seen across multiple psychiatric disorders. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2018/2000-human-brains-yield-clues-to-how-genes-raise-risk-for-mental-illnesses"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brain_molecular_structure_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="brain scan showing molecular structure"
|
||
data-mid="17564"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2018/2000-human-brains-yield-clues-to-how-genes-raise-risk-for-mental-illnesses">2,000 Human Brains Yield Clues to How Genes Raise Risk for Mental Illnesses</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2018-12-20">December 20, 2018
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>PsychENCODE researchers are discovering the biological mechanisms by which mental illness risk genes work in the human brain.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2018/the-pathways-through-which-light-affects-learning-and-mood"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/pathways_mood_learning.png"
|
||
alt="Image showing pathways from the ipRGCs in the retina to the SCN and the PHb in the brain. "
|
||
data-mid="17745"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2018/the-pathways-through-which-light-affects-learning-and-mood">The Pathways Through which Light Affects Learning and Mood</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2018-11-06">November 6, 2018
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>In a new study, researchers have traced the brain pathways responsible for the effects of light on learning and mood. The findings revealed that these effects are brought about by two different and distinct pathways from the retina into the brain.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2018/nih-brain-initiative-debuts-cell-census-of-mouse-motor-cortex-for-starters"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/mouse_optic_region_cells_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Mouse preoptic region cell clusters"
|
||
data-mid="17753"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2018/nih-brain-initiative-debuts-cell-census-of-mouse-motor-cortex-for-starters">NIH BRAIN Initiative Debuts Cell Census of Mouse Motor Cortex – for Starters</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2018-11-01">November 1, 2018
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>NIH BRAIN Initiative Cell Census Network (BICCN) has debuted its first data release, which focuses on motor cortex. In a related development, researchers have discovered cellular secrets of key social behaviors – mating, parenting, and aggression – in mouse hypothalamus.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2018/understanding-critical-components-of-the-brains-stress-circuitry"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/pvt_showing_terminals_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="An overlay image of the PVT showing the terminals from the locus coeruleus (red) and the neurons that project to the nucleus accumbens (green)."
|
||
data-mid="17810"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2018/understanding-critical-components-of-the-brains-stress-circuitry">Understanding Critical Components of the Brain’s Stress Circuitry</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2018-07-09">July 9, 2018
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A new study has revealed more about the organization and function of a brain structure—the paraventricular nucleus of the thalamus—that may serve a key role in linking stress detection to the development of adaptive behaviors.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2018/bigger-human-brain-prioritizes-thinking-hub-at-a-cost"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/big_brain_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="screenshot from Big Brain Perks & Costs video"
|
||
data-mid="17514"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2018/bigger-human-brain-prioritizes-thinking-hub-at-a-cost">Bigger Human Brain Prioritizes Thinking Hub – at a Cost</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2018-05-31">May 31, 2018
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Scientists have discovered that bigger human brains are organized differently than smaller ones.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2018/molecular-secrets-revealed-antipsychotic-docked-in-its-receptor"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/risperidone-docked-in-d2-receptor-featured.png"
|
||
alt="Risperidone docked in D2 receptor"
|
||
data-mid="17836"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2018/molecular-secrets-revealed-antipsychotic-docked-in-its-receptor">Molecular Secrets Revealed: Antipsychotic Docked in its Receptor</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2018-01-29">January 29, 2018
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>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.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2018/memory-gene-goes-viral"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/bacteriophage_capsid_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Arc gene can package its genetic material in a virus-like shell for delivery to nearby cells"
|
||
data-mid="17551"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2018/memory-gene-goes-viral">Memory Gene Goes Viral</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2018-01-16">January 16, 2018
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>A gene crucial for learning can send its genetic material from one neuron to another by employing a strategy commonly used by viruses.</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/brains-alertness-circuitry-conserved-through-evolution"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/deisserothalertnesszebrafish-120.png"
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alt="zebrafish brain"
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data-mid="17588"></a>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/brains-alertness-circuitry-conserved-through-evolution">Brain’s Alertness Circuitry Conserved Through Evolution</a></dt>
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2017-11-02">November 2, 2017
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• Press Release</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>Using a molecular method likely to become widely adopted by the field, researchers have discovered brain circuitry essential for alertness – and for brain states more generally.</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-brain-initiative-launches-cell-census"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/huang_pv_basket_cell-120x120.png"
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alt="Huang PV Basket Cell"
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data-mid="17692"></a>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-brain-initiative-launches-cell-census">NIH BRAIN Initiative Launches Cell Census</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2017-10-23">October 23, 2017
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• Press Release</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>The NIH today launched a major effort to discover and catalog the brain’s “parts list.”</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-brain-initiative-builds-on-early-advances"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brain_initiative_featured.jpg"
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alt="multicolored brain scan image"
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data-mid="17522"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-brain-initiative-builds-on-early-advances">NIH BRAIN Initiative Builds on Early Advances</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2017-10-23">October 23, 2017
|
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• Press Release</time>
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</p>
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>NIH has announced funding for 110 new awards totaling $169 million for the BRAIN Initiative.</p>
|
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-completes-atlas-of-human-dna-differences-that-influence-gene-expression"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/gtex_featured.jpg"
|
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alt="gene illustration"
|
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data-mid="17650"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-completes-atlas-of-human-dna-differences-that-influence-gene-expression">NIH Completes Atlas of Human DNA Differences that Influence Gene Expression</a></dt>
|
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
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datetime="2017-10-12">October 12, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
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</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>NIH researchers have completed an atlas documenting how DNA influence human gene expression.</p>
|
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</div>
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</dd>
|
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/nimh-releases-strategic-research-priorities-update"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/medical_professional_featured.jpg"
|
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alt="female medical professional and patient"
|
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data-mid="17723"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/nimh-releases-strategic-research-priorities-update">NIMH Releases Strategic Research Priorities Update</a></dt>
|
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-10-06">October 6, 2017
|
||
• Institute Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently released its second annual update of the Strategic Research Priorities.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/depressions-transcriptional-signatures-differ-in-men-vs-women"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/depressed_humans_feat.jpg"
|
||
alt="depression-linked gene expression in males, females "
|
||
data-mid="17596"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/depressions-transcriptional-signatures-differ-in-men-vs-women">Depression’s “Transcriptional Signatures” Differ in Men vs. Women</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-08-28">August 28, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>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.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/breakthrough-method-yields-trove-of-neuron-subtypes-gene-regulators"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/neuron_subtype_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Epigenomic signatures of neuron subtypes"
|
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data-mid="17770"></a>
|
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</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/breakthrough-method-yields-trove-of-neuron-subtypes-gene-regulators">Breakthrough Method Yields Trove of Neuron Subtypes, Gene Regulators</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-08-10">August 10, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Scientists have discovered a trove of neuronal subtypes by identifying their unique epigenomic signatures.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/our-brains-harbor-residual-echo-of-neanderthal-genes"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/neanderthal_brain_vision_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Neanderthal gene-influenced brain visual system areas"
|
||
data-mid="17737"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/our-brains-harbor-residual-echo-of-neanderthal-genes">Our Brains Harbor “Residual Echo” of Neanderthal Genes</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-07-24">July 24, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers have produced the first direct evidence that parts of our brains implicated in mental disorders may be shaped by a “residual echo” from our ancient past. The more a person’s genome carries genetic vestiges of Neanderthals, the more certain parts of his or her brain and skull resemble those of humans’ evolutionary cousins that went extinct 40,000 years ago.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/webinar-rdoc-fear-anxiety-from-mechanisms-to-implementation"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/rdoc_120.png"
|
||
alt="NIMH Research Domain Criteria"
|
||
data-mid="17824"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/webinar-rdoc-fear-anxiety-from-mechanisms-to-implementation">Webinar: RDoC - Fear & Anxiety: From Mechanisms to Implementation</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-07-20">July 20, 2017
|
||
• Institute Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>This November 2016 RDoC webinar highlights the role of fear and anxiety in disorders such as phobias and depression.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/scientists-replay-movie-encoded-in-dna"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/livingcellsdna-featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="running horse replayed with Living Cells' DNA"
|
||
data-mid="17669"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/scientists-replay-movie-encoded-in-dna">Scientists Replay Movie Encoded in DNA</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-07-12">July 12, 2017
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>For the first time, a primitive movie has been encoded in – and then played back from – DNA in living cells. It’s a major step toward a “molecular recorder” that may someday reveal secrets of the developing brain.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-names-winners-of-follow-that-cell-phase-2-competition"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/nanopipette-neuron-featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Nanopipette sampling a neuron without disturbing function"
|
||
data-mid="17767"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/nih-names-winners-of-follow-that-cell-phase-2-competition">NIH Names Winners of “Follow that Cell” Phase 2 Competition</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-06-27">June 27, 2017
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>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.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/brain-circuit-tweak-wins-her-affection-if-shes-a-vole"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/voles-emory-featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="2 adult voles with 5 baby voles "
|
||
data-mid="17854"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/brain-circuit-tweak-wins-her-affection-if-shes-a-vole">Brain Circuit Tweak Wins Her Affection (if she’s a vole)</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-06-13">June 13, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>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.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/connections-strengthen-within-specialized-networks-as-brains-executive-function-matures"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brain_connections_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Diffusion image shows long distance connections in brain of study participant."
|
||
data-mid="17510"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/connections-strengthen-within-specialized-networks-as-brains-executive-function-matures">Connections Strengthen Within Specialized Networks as Brain’s Executive Function Matures</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-06-01">June 1, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>As we grow up, our brain’s specialized networks become more structurally segregated, contributing to improved executive functioning. These densely interconnected “modules” process information for key functions that underlie development of mental control and self-regulation.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/nimh-grantee-wins-one-of-sciences-most-coveted-prizes"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/clarity_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="3-D analysis of intact mouse hippocampus"
|
||
data-mid="17572"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/nimh-grantee-wins-one-of-sciences-most-coveted-prizes">NIMH Grantee Wins One of Science’s Most Coveted Prizes</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-05-31">May 31, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>NIMH grantee Karl Deisseroth, M.D., Ph.D., of Stanford University, has been awarded one of science’s most generous prizes. A German foundation presented the inventor of technologies that are transforming neuroscience with its 4 million euros Fresenius Prize.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/nimh-to-host-multimodal-brain-stimulation-speaker-series"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/blue-brain-x-ray-featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="X-ray image of a blue brain glowing against a black background"
|
||
data-mid="17542"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/nimh-to-host-multimodal-brain-stimulation-speaker-series">NIMH to Host Multimodal Brain Stimulation Speaker Series</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-05-24">May 24, 2017
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Beginning May 31, 2017, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) will launch a speaker series intended to bring together leaders in the field conducting research using non-invasive brain stimulation and functional imaging including EEG, fMRI, and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/brain-relay-also-key-to-holding-thoughts-in-mind"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/thalamic-neuron-featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Thalamus neuron"
|
||
data-mid="17843"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/brain-relay-also-key-to-holding-thoughts-in-mind">Brain “Relay” Also Key to Holding Thoughts in Mind </a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-05-03">May 3, 2017
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Long overlooked as a mere “relay,” an egg-like structure in the middle of the brain also turns out to play a pivotal role in tuning-up thinking circuity. A trio of studies in mice are revealing that the thalamus sustains the ability to distinguish categories and hold thoughts in mind. It might even become a target for interventions for psychiatric disorders marked by working memory problems, such as schizophrenia.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/human-forebrain-circuits-under-construction-in-a-dish"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/fused-forebrain-spheroids_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Fused Forebrain Spheroids - assembled forebrain in vitro"
|
||
data-mid="17635"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2017/human-forebrain-circuits-under-construction-in-a-dish">Human Forebrain Circuits Under Construction – in a Dish</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2017-04-26">April 26, 2017
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Neuroscientists have created a 3D window into the human brain’s budding executive hub assembling itself during a critical period in prenatal development.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/potential-source-of-hiv-persistence-confirmed"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/light_brown_mouse_featured.jpg"
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alt="light brown mouse"
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/potential-source-of-hiv-persistence-confirmed">Potential Source of HIV Persistence Confirmed</a></dt>
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2017-04-18">April 18, 2017
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• Science Update</time>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>Scientists have shown that a class of immune cells not thought to be a primary reservoir for HIV can harbor the virus even following antiretroviral treatment (ART). </p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/sleep-may-trim-neural-connections-to-restore-learning-ability"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/synapses_featured.jpg"
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alt="Neural connections form at the tips of brain cell’s branch-like extensions"
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data-mid="17811"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/sleep-may-trim-neural-connections-to-restore-learning-ability">Sleep May Trim Neural Connections to Restore Learning Ability</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2017-02-10">February 10, 2017
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• Science Update</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>Sleep may be the price we pay for the ability to learn. It streamlines neural connections for optimal efficiency. </p>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/revealed-lsd-docked-in-its-human-brain-target"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/lsd_receptor_featured.jpg"
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alt="LSD in its receptor"
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data-mid="17708"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/revealed-lsd-docked-in-its-human-brain-target">Revealed: LSD Docked in its Human Brain Target</a></dt>
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2017-02-01">February 1, 2017
|
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• Science Update</time>
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</p>
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>Scientists have discovered the molecular structure of LSD in its human brain receptor.</p>
|
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</div>
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</dd>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2017/two-nimh-grantees-receive-prestigious-presidential-award"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/whitehouse_featured.png"
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alt="The White House logo"
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data-mid="17857"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2017/two-nimh-grantees-receive-prestigious-presidential-award">Two NIMH Grantees Receive Prestigious Presidential Award</a></dt>
|
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2017-01-17">January 17, 2017
|
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• Science Update</time>
|
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</p>
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) congratulates two NIMH grantees, Mary Kay Lobo from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and Eric Morrow from Brown University, who are among the 102 scientists and researchers receiving the 2017 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE).</p>
|
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</div>
|
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</dd>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimh-training-grant-recipient-wins-research-prize"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/eschel_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Neir Eshel MD, PhD"
|
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data-mid="17615"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimh-training-grant-recipient-wins-research-prize">NIMH Training Grant Recipient Wins Research Prize</a></dt>
|
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2016-12-27">December 27, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>NIMH training grant recipient Neir Eshel was named the 2016 Grand Prize winner of the Science & SciLifeLab Prize for Young Scientists for research related to the cellular basis of learning. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/molecular-tool-parses-social-fear-circuit-intertwined-with-aggression-hub"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/cane_visualized_neurons_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="CANE visualized neurons"
|
||
data-mid="17566"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/molecular-tool-parses-social-fear-circuit-intertwined-with-aggression-hub">Molecular Tool Parses Social Fear Circuit Intertwined with Aggression Hub</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-11-30">November 30, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A genetic engineering tool has disentangled seemingly hopelessly intertwined brain circuits for social fear and aggression in mice. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/worldwide-study-seeks-to-unlock-the-brains-genetic-code"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/magnifying_glass_brain_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="medical background with magnifying glass examining brain"
|
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data-mid="17710"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2016/worldwide-study-seeks-to-unlock-the-brains-genetic-code">Worldwide Study Seeks to Unlock the Brain’s Genetic Code</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-11-17">November 17, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Big data pinpoints genetic variation linked to brain volume and risk for disorders.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimhs-karen-f-berman-md-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/karen_berman.jpg"
|
||
alt="Karen F. Berman, M.D. "
|
||
data-mid="17655"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimhs-karen-f-berman-md-elected-to-national-academy-of-medicine">NIMH’s Karen F. Berman, M.D. elected to National Academy of Medicine</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-10-31">October 31, 2016
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>At its annual meeting for 2016, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) announced the election of 79 regular members, including the National Institute of Mental Health’s (NIMH Karen F. Berman, M.D. One of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine, election to the Academy recognizes outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/nih-nearly-doubles-investment-in-brain-initiative-research"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brainfy16_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="BRAIN Initiative research"
|
||
data-mid="17524"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/nih-nearly-doubles-investment-in-brain-initiative-research">NIH Nearly Doubles Investment in BRAIN Initiative Research</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-10-13">October 13, 2016
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>NIH’s third round of grants to support the goals of the Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies (BRAIN) Initiative total just over $150 million.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimh-releases-strategic-research-priorities-update"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/srp_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Strategic Research Priorities image"
|
||
data-mid="17777"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimh-releases-strategic-research-priorities-update">NIMH Releases Strategic Research Priorities Update</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-10-12">October 12, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) recently released updates to its Strategic Research Priorities. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/how-quickly-forgotten-early-life-experiences-mature-the-brain"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/laboratory-rat-featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Laboratory Rat"
|
||
data-mid="17661"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/how-quickly-forgotten-early-life-experiences-mature-the-brain">How “Quickly Forgotten” Early Life Experiences Mature the Brain </a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-08-15">August 15, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Brain memory circuitry’s keen sensitivity to experience during an early critical period enables long-term memory ability to develop through practice. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimh-grantees-named-recipients-of-prestigious-kavli-prize"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/neurons-lighted-kavli-feat.jpg"
|
||
alt="Kavli lighted neurons "
|
||
data-mid="17760"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/nimh-grantees-named-recipients-of-prestigious-kavli-prize">NIMH Grantees Named Recipients of Prestigious Kavli Prize</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-08-03">August 3, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Three NIMH grantees have been named recipients of the 2016 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/connectome-map-more-than-doubles-human-cortexs-known-regions"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/connectome_human_cortex_map_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="map of areas in human cortex"
|
||
data-mid="17579"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/connectome-map-more-than-doubles-human-cortexs-known-regions">Connectome Map More Than Doubles Human Cortex’s Known Regions</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-07-20">July 20, 2016
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Researchers have mapped 180 distinct areas on our brain’s cortex — more than twice the number previously known. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/human-connectome-project-marks-its-first-phase"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/connectome_featured.png"
|
||
alt="high resolution brain scan"
|
||
data-mid="17578"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/human-connectome-project-marks-its-first-phase">Human Connectome Project Marks its First Phase</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-06-07">June 7, 2016
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Studies based on a database made available by the Human Connectome Project’s first phase reveal that an individual’s brain connectivity can predict his or her behavior. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/secrets-to-our-smarts-hidden-in-the-folds-of-our-cortex"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/thinker-feat.png"
|
||
alt="The thinker with brain map superimposed"
|
||
data-mid="17805"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/secrets-to-our-smarts-hidden-in-the-folds-of-our-cortex">Secrets to Our Smarts Hidden in the Folds of Our Cortex</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-04-29">April 29, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>The more folding in the thinking parts of our brain, the smarter we are – to a degree. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/distractible-mice-offer-clues-to-attention-deficit"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/white_mouse_distractible_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="photo of a white mouse against a white background"
|
||
data-mid="17856"></a>
|
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</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/distractible-mice-offer-clues-to-attention-deficit">Distractible Mice Offer Clues to Attention Deficit</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-03-24">March 24, 2016
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A recent NIMH-funded study sheds new light on how the brain’s processing of sensory information, a key impairment in autism and ADHD, can affect higher level cognitive functions, such as attention and decision making.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/circuit-for-experience-informed-decision-making-idd-in-rats"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brain-circuitry-rats-120.png"
|
||
alt="Brain circuitry and decision making for rats -featured"
|
||
data-mid="17492"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/circuit-for-experience-informed-decision-making-idd-in-rats">Circuit for Experience-Informed Decision-Making ID’d in Rats</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2016-03-11">March 11, 2016
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Scientists have discovered secrets of how the brain recalls experiences of being in a particular location in making informed choices.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/a-bright-technological-future-for-mental-health-trials"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brighten_smartphone_featured.jpg"
|
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alt="a man's hands hold a smartphone"
|
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data-mid="17528"></a>
|
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</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2016/a-bright-technological-future-for-mental-health-trials">A BRIGHT Technological Future for Mental Health Trials</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2016-02-19">February 19, 2016
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• Science Update</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>Is mobile mental health research the next frontier for smartphones? Based on Dr. Patricia Areán’s pioneering BRIGHTEN study, research via smartphone app is already a reality. </p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/experimental-combination-surprises-with-anti-hiv-effectiveness"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/hiv-infected_t-cells_feat.jpg"
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alt="HIV-infected T-cells"
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data-mid="17680"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2016/experimental-combination-surprises-with-anti-hiv-effectiveness">Experimental Combination Surprises with Anti-HIV Effectiveness </a></dt>
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2016-01-20">January 20, 2016
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• Science Update</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>A compound developed by NIH-supported scientists to protect the nervous system from HIV surprised researchers by augmenting the effectiveness of an investigational antiretroviral drug beyond anything expected.</p>
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</div>
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</dd>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2016/circuit-tweak-boosts-social-memory-in-mice"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/mouse_stimulus_featured.png"
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alt="chart illustration of mouse and stimulus"
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data-mid="17755"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
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href="/news/science-updates/2016/circuit-tweak-boosts-social-memory-in-mice">Circuit Tweak Boosts Social Memory in Mice</a></dt>
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2016-01-07">January 7, 2016
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• Science Update</time>
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</p>
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
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<p>Researchers have boosted the staying power of a social memory at least 80-fold by stimulating a circuit they discovered in mouse brain.</p>
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</div>
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</dd>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/biomarker-for-brain-excitability-may-help-track-medication-effect"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/active_brain_featured.jpg"
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alt="illustration of neurons firing in brain"
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data-mid="17503"></a>
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</div>
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2015/biomarker-for-brain-excitability-may-help-track-medication-effect">Biomarker for Brain Excitability May Help Track Medication Effect</a></dt>
|
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<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2015-11-20">November 20, 2015
|
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• Science Update</time>
|
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</p>
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>NIMH scientists have recently discovered a link between order in the activity of neurons in the brain and excitability—how likely it is that individual neurons will “fire”— which may provide a means for monitoring treatment of conditions like epilepsy that would be less invasive and thus more versatile than current methods</p>
|
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</div>
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</dd>
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/nih-supported-neurobiobank-joins-autism-brainnet-in-brain-donation-initiative"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/model_of_brain_side_view_featured.jpg"
|
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alt="Side view of large model of human brain"
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data-mid="17740"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
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href="/news/science-updates/2015/nih-supported-neurobiobank-joins-autism-brainnet-in-brain-donation-initiative">NIH-supported NeuroBioBank Joins Autism BrainNet in Brain Donation Initiative</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
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datetime="2015-11-17">November 17, 2015
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
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</p>
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
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<p>Two of the world’s largest brain tissue banks unify efforts to collect and distribute a critical number of brain donations for important autism research.</p>
|
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</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/twitter-chat-on-sports-related-head-injury-and-cognitive-decline"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/twitterchat_gold_120.png"
|
||
alt="NIMH Twitter Chat"
|
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data-mid="17823"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/twitter-chat-on-sports-related-head-injury-and-cognitive-decline">Twitter Chat on Sports-Related Head Injury and Cognitive Decline</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-10-21">October 21, 2015
|
||
• Live Chat</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Twitter chat on the symptoms, treatments, and research on sports-related head injury and cognitive decline. </p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/blog-video-spotlight-nimh-neuroscience-trainee"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/marlin-labtvvideo-featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="Marlin - Lab TV video - featured"
|
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data-mid="17714"></a>
|
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</div>
|
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<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/blog-video-spotlight-nimh-neuroscience-trainee">Blog, Video Spotlight NIMH Neuroscience Trainee</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
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datetime="2015-10-15">October 15, 2015
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>A recent NIH Director’s Blog and Lab TV video feature a young neuroscientist whose discoveries as a graduate student – about a key maternal behavior – were supported, in part, by a NIMH training grant.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/embracing-the-spirit-of-reducing-suicide"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/jail-cells-featured.png"
|
||
alt="people walking along prison cells New NIH-Department of Justice Study "
|
||
data-mid="17673"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/embracing-the-spirit-of-reducing-suicide">Embracing the SPIRIT of reducing suicide</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
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<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
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<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
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datetime="2015-09-21">September 21, 2015
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>NIMH, NIH, and the National Institute of Justice are collaborating on a 4-year, $6.8 million study called Suicide Prevention for at-Risk Individuals in Transition or “SPIRIT.” The study focuses on the high-risk individuals who are transitioning from jail to community. SPIRIT is NIMH’s first major investment in suicide prevention in the justice system.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
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</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/psychosis-treatment-program-expands-in-new-york"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
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src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/ontrackny_featured.png"
|
||
alt="OnTrackNY logo"
|
||
data-mid="17756"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/psychosis-treatment-program-expands-in-new-york">Psychosis Treatment Program Expands in New York</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-08-26">August 26, 2015
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>New York expanded OnTrackNY, a treatment program for youth with psychosis which is an offshoot of one of the two NIMH-funded Recovery After an Initial Schizophrenia Episode (RAISE) studies.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/webinar-series-office-for-research-on-disparities-and-global-mental-health"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/worldmapblue-featured.png"
|
||
alt="Webinar World Map Blue"
|
||
data-mid="17861"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/webinar-series-office-for-research-on-disparities-and-global-mental-health">Webinar Series – Office for Research on Disparities and Global Mental Health</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-08-12">August 12, 2015
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>View the archived webinars with NIMH experts and grantees, which focus on training, research, and methodology</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/twitter-chat-on-cancer-and-psycho-oncology"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/googleplushangouts_featured.png"
|
||
alt="NIMH Google+ Hangouts"
|
||
data-mid="17644"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/twitter-chat-on-cancer-and-psycho-oncology">Twitter Chat on Cancer and Psycho-Oncology</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-07-14">July 14, 2015
|
||
• Live Chat</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>NIMH and NCI host a Twitter chat on how patients and caregivers, across all ages, can deal with the psychological impact of cancer.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/boys-more-likely-to-have-antipsychotics-prescribed-regardless-of-age"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/boys_reading_book_featured.jpg"
|
||
alt="young boys reading book"
|
||
data-mid="17559"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/boys-more-likely-to-have-antipsychotics-prescribed-regardless-of-age">Boys More Likely to Have Antipsychotics Prescribed, Regardless of Age</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-07-01">July 1, 2015
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Boys are more likely than girls to receive an antipsychotic prescription regardless of age, according to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/study-may-help-department-of-veterans-affairs-find-patients-with-high-risk-of-suicide"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/va_study_featured.png"
|
||
alt="man sitting on a bench"
|
||
data-mid="17852"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/study-may-help-department-of-veterans-affairs-find-patients-with-high-risk-of-suicide">Study May Help Department of Veterans Affairs Find Patients with High Risk of Suicide</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-06-11">June 11, 2015
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Scientists used health data to identify very small groups of VHA patients with very high, predicted suicide risk. Such methods can help the VHA to target suicide prevention efforts for patients at high risk, and may have more wide-ranging benefits.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/a-patients-budding-cortex-in-a-dish"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/neurons_spheroids_brain_featured.png"
|
||
alt="Neurons and supporting cells in the spheroids form layers and organize themselves according to the architecture of the developing human brain and network with each other. Source: Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University"
|
||
data-mid="17741"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/a-patients-budding-cortex-in-a-dish">A Patient’s Budding Cortex -- in a Dish?</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-05-29">May 29, 2015
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Scientists have perfected mini cultured 3-D structures that grow and function much like the outer mantle – the key working tissue, or cortex – of the brain of the person from whom they were derived.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
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</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/souped-up-remote-control-switches-behaviors-on-and-off-in-mice"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/dreadd_mouse_brain_receptor_protein_featured.png"
|
||
alt="illustration of the effect of DREADD (Designer Receptors Activated Exclusively by Designer Drugs) bidirectional remote control of a neuron in a mouse brain circuit"
|
||
data-mid="17624"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/souped-up-remote-control-switches-behaviors-on-and-off-in-mice">Souped-up Remote Control Switches Behaviors On-and-off in Mice</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-04-30">April 30, 2015
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Neuroscientists have perfected a chemical-genetic remote control for brain circuitry and behavior.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/brain-circuitry-for-positive-vs-negative-memories-discovered-in-mice"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/brain_circuitry_featured.png"
|
||
alt="Neuronal projections encoding negative (red) and positive (green) associations"
|
||
data-mid="17508"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/brain-circuitry-for-positive-vs-negative-memories-discovered-in-mice">Brain Circuitry for Positive vs Negative Memories Discovered in Mice</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-04-29">April 29, 2015
|
||
• Press Release</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>Neuroscientists have discovered brain circuitry for encoding positive and negative learned associations in mice.</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/a-new-look-at-racial-ethnic-differences-in-mental-health-service-use-among-adults"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/racial-ethnic-122.jpg"
|
||
alt="Cover of the new report: Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use Among Adults "
|
||
data-mid="17818"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/a-new-look-at-racial-ethnic-differences-in-mental-health-service-use-among-adults">A New Look at Racial/Ethnic Differences in Mental Health Service Use Among Adults</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-04-23">April 23, 2015
|
||
• Science Update</time>
|
||
</p>
|
||
<div class="aggregated_desc_news_summary">
|
||
<p>New report on mental health service use among racial/ethnic groups</p>
|
||
</div>
|
||
</dd>
|
||
</div>
|
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<div class="aggregated_container clearfix">
|
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<div class="aggregated_desc_news_iwrap"><a href="/news/science-updates/2015/nimh-google-hangout-on-first-episode-psychosis"><img class="aggregated_desc_iwrap_image"
|
||
src="/sites/default/files/images/news-items/featured-images/googleplushangouts_featured.png"
|
||
alt="NIMH Google+ Hangouts"
|
||
data-mid="17644"></a>
|
||
</div>
|
||
<dt class="aggregated_news_term"><a class="aggregated_term_news_link"
|
||
href="/news/science-updates/2015/nimh-google-hangout-on-first-episode-psychosis">NIMH Google+ Hangout on First-Episode Psychosis</a></dt>
|
||
<dd class="aggregated_news_desc">
|
||
<p class="aggregated_desc_news_stamp">
|
||
<time class="aggregated_desc_news_date"
|
||
datetime="2015-04-17">April 17, 2015
|
||
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