Long-term use of mood-stabilizing drugs has long been a cornerstone of clinical treatment for bipolar disorder (BD). Lithium, which has been in use longer than any other, can be highly effective. In…
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In recent years, a great deal of attention has been devoted by brain researchers to differences among the sexes in vulnerability to stress, and in turn, to the risk for disorders including anxiety…
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During the last decade, neuroscientists have devised technologies that enable them to grow human brain cells under controlled conditions in the laboratory. A number of BBRF grantees and Scientific…
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Twenty years ago, scientists first “spelled out” the full sequence of 3 billion pairs of DNA “letters” that make up the human genome. In the years since, they have discovered and validated many…
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Evidence continues to mount that some and perhaps many of the biological abnormalities that underlie autism spectrum disorder (ASD) begin well before birth, as the brain’s cerebral cortex is…
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