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- Social Media as a Tool in Medicine
May 7, 2013 | 9:06 amInteresting article/review in Circulation (American Heart Association) about Digital Social Networks and Health. Free full text. [More...]
- Family history of Alzheimer’s doubles risk
May 1, 2013 | 9:36 amRelatives of people with Alzheimer’s disease are more than twice as likely to develop abnormal brain pathology associated with the condition compared with individuals who don’t have a family history of the disease, a recent study in PLOS ONE said. [More...]
- Bipolar Disorder – A Focus on Depression
March 20, 2013 | 7:52 amLive today, neuroscienceCME Live and On Demand Bipolar Disorder – A Focus on Depression. [More...]
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Category Archives: Genetics
L-Dopa Improves Decision-Making In Older Adults
A study published online in Nature Neuroscience has demonstrated that a drug widely used to treat Parkinson’s Disease can help to reverse age-related impairments in decision making in some older people. Researchers from Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging describe the … Continue reading
Posted in Cognition, Genetics, Imaging, Memory, Neuroscience
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The MAOA Gene Predicts Happiness in Women
Research published in Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry demonstrates the association between happiness and monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) genotype. In women, low expression of MAOA was related significantly to greater happiness. In contrast, no such association was found in … Continue reading
Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry
How close are we to implementing the idea of personalized medicine in psychiatry? Next year the International Congress on Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP) is holding a thematic meeting in April 2013 entitled “Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry.” An ‘All Star’ plenary … Continue reading
Posted in Biomarker, Depression, Genetics, Schizophrenia
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New genetic data for the most common subtype of migraine
Researchers studied genetic data of more than 11 000 people and found altogether six genes that predispose to migraine without aura. Four of these genes are new and two of them confirm previous findings. New study published in Nature Genetics. … Continue reading
Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Parkinson’s in Humans
A study aimed at the treatment of patients with medically refractory Parkinson’s disease (PD), showed promising phase 2 results for a therapeutic approach to determine the safety and efficacy of AAV-GAD gene transfer into the subthalamic nucleus (STN) region of … Continue reading
Posted in Gene therapy, Parkinson's Disease
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