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.
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Monday, August 28, 2017
Blog Post » Summer Reading
Dr. Gordon offers highlights of his summer reading in science and literature.
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Friday, August 25, 2017
Science News » RDoC Webinar - Reward Sensitivity and Depression: From Mechanism to Implementation
NIMH’s Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) Unit, the Delaware Project, and the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) conduct the second webinar in a series examining the science-to-service pipeline in psychology and psychiatry.
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Friday, August 18, 2017
Science News » Scientists give star treatment to lesser-known cells crucial for brain development
Star-shaped support brain cells, astrocytes, growing in 3-D “organoids” in a dish develop similarly as those in human brain tissue.
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Blog Post » Summer Travels
Dr. Gordon relates highlights of summer scientific meetings.
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Thursday, August 10, 2017
Science News » Breakthrough Method Yields Trove of Neuron Subtypes, Gene Regulators
Scientists have discovered a trove of neuronal subtypes by identifying their unique epigenomic signatures.
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Tuesday, August 8, 2017
Monday, August 7, 2017
Science News » Patient-Derived Support Cells Stunt Mouse Brain Development
Support cells generated from patients with childhood onset schizophrenia stunted neural circuit development when grafted into developing mouse brains.
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Science News » Mood Stabilizing Medications an Effective Option for Older Adults with Bipolar Disorder
Two standard medications for bipolar disorder were effective in controlling symptoms at doses tailored to older people in a clinical trial of treatment in adults over age 60.
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