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 Research & Giving News  » Research News
Stress-Triggered Hunger Hormone May Curb Depression and Anxiety A hormone that signals hunger may also serve to guard against anxiety and depression, according to new research done by NARSAD scientists at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. This unique and previously unrecognized function for the hormone in the regulation of mood symptoms may also shed light on anorexia nervosa. [more] NARSAD Scientist Advances Explanation for Disordered Thinking in Schizophrenia According to NARSAD scientist Dean F. Salisbury, Ph.D., problems at two distinct stages of language processing may explain the disjointed thinking seen in schizophrenia. By tracing individuals’ brainwaves as they read words with multiple meanings, he and his colleagues found that people with schizophrenia made inappropriate associations with weakly related concepts, but memory deficits later made them default to the typical meaning of words even when the context pointed to an alternative meaning. [more] Brain Scans Help Explain Older People’s Advantage in Handling Difficult Emotions It has long been observed that older people tend as a group to be in greater control of their emotions than young people. While typically chalked up to "the wisdom that age brings," a NARSAD Young Investigator has used sophisticated brain scanning technology to try to explain scientifically why this is the case. [more] Study Links Trauma From Assaults to Bipolar Disorder Primary-care patients with bipolar disorder are likely to have seen or experienced an assault, according to research by NARSAD-affiliated scientists. Their study also found that individuals whose bipolar disorder is accompanied by post-traumatic stress disorder carry an extra-heavy burden of illness. [more] Discovery of Pituitary Stem Cells May Shed Light on a Brain Mechanism for Stress Response A team of researchers studying mice has, for the first time, found stem cells in the adult pituitary that enable the gland to grow after birth. Team member Grigori Enikolopov, Ph.D., a 2004 and 2006 NARSAD Independent Investigator, sees these stem cells as potentially important for various neuropsychiatric conditions, including depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. [more] Scientists Find Genetic Factor in Stress Response Variability Inherited variations in the amount of an innate anxiety-reducing molecule help explain why some people can withstand stress better than others, according to a new study led by a team that includes two NARSAD investigators. [more] Overactive Transporters of Serotonin are Linked to Autism Many children with autism have elevated blood levels of serotonin, a neurotransmitter central in brain processes that regulate mood and anxiety. New research led by a NARSAD investigator suggests that this condition, called "hyperserotonemia," may play a role in the origins of certain autism-associated deficits. [more] NARSAD Scientists Discover Role of Rare Gene Mutations in Schizophrenia Using an important new method that can be applied in the study of other psychiatric illnesses, NARSAD investigators and colleagues at several institutions have identified multiple rare gene mutations in people with schizophrenia. Many of the mutations affect early development of the brain and may help explain how schizophrenia is caused. [more] NARSAD’s 5th Annual “Mission Possible” Symposium Offers Insight to PTSD and Other Mental Illnesses On Sunday, March 30th, mental health professionals and residents of Washington, D.C, will learn about the growing crisis of PTSD and new research developments pertaining to other serious mental illnesses in an all-day, free public forum with some of the country’s leading mental health experts. [more] » Giving News
NARSAD Raises Over $2.2 Million Dollars at 5th Annual Sunshine From Darkness Dinner Dance in Palm Beach NARSAD’s fifth annual Palm Beach Sunshine From Darkness gala raised more than $2.2 million to support new research. A free public symposium earlier in the day featured renowned research experts on depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. [more] |
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