Newly discovered brain mechanism linked to anxiety, OCD
A new study shows that, like buttons on a game controller, specific microglia populations activate anxiety and OCSD behaviors while others dampen them.
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Humans of the U: Molly Sattar
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“The U is very diverse and it creates this place of bonding…I always feel like I can just walk around and be myself.”
Read MoreBrain-like organoids grown in a dish provide window into autism
Models of developing brains help with study of developmental disorders and neural disease.
Read MoreEarly-stage drug candidate diminishes deficits in Parkinson’s Disease
Chemical compound reduces alpha-synuclein, cell stress.
Read MoreStudying the preteen brain for insights into mental health disorders
U of U Health and the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Consortium develop a resource to study how the brain changes and matures during adolescence.
Read MoreGene discovery leads to next-generation experimental therapy for ALS
Efforts to understand the genetics of neurological diseases leads to a potential treatment.
Read MoreA sound treatment
Biomedical engineer Jan Kubanek has discovered that treatments of brain disorders may not have to require drugs or invasive surgery at all—just sound waves.
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