Origin of synaptic pruning process linked to learning, autism and schizophrenia identified
Research led by SUNY Downstate Medical Center has identified a brain receptor that appears to initiate adolescent synaptic pruning, a...
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Women with Alzheimer’s-related gene lose weight more sharply after age 70
Researchers led by Deborah Gustafson, PhD, MS, professor of neurology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, have shown that women with...
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New spectrum disorder called ALPIM syndrome clarifies link between anxiety and physical disorders
The relationship between mental and physical health is well established. But when mental and physical illnesses co-occur, patients' accounts of...
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Early life stress may cause excess serotonin release resulting in a serotonin deficit
Studies indicate that the majority of people with mood and anxiety disorders who receive the most commonly prescribed class of...
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Researchers reveal new cause of epilepsy
A team of researchers from SUNY Downstate Medical Center (SUNY Downstate) and Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) has found that...
Read moreExcessive worrying may have co-evolved with intelligence
Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as a beneficial trait, according to a recent study by scientists at SUNY...
Read moreMechanism of calming hyperactivity by psychostimulant drugs identified
It has long been known that psychostimulant drugs have the paradoxical effect of reducing hyperactivity.
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