Neuroscience News at Yale

In a new study, Yale researchers identified drug candidates that reverse disrupted behaviors in zebrafish carrying mutations in autism risk genes.

Researchers have made miniature versions of the pineal gland. They’re helping explain the sleep challenges that come with conditions like Angelman syndrome and autism.

“One of the paper’s most important and unexpected findings was showing that one’s perception of connectedness to another person is directly related to the activity in these specific regions of the brain,” Hirsch, PhD, said.

A new Yale study published in the Journal of Neuroscience provides evidence that predictable musical chord progressions enhance social connectedness by engaging and synchronizing neural systems involved in social perception and interaction — especially during live face-to-face engagement.

Yale researchers found that helping parents regulate stress, when combined with healthy nutrition, curbed obesity risk in their young children. The findings were published in Pediatrics, and the research team was led by Rajita Sinha, PhD, Foundations Fund Professor of Psychiatry and professor in the Child Study Center and of neuroscience.

Despite major advances in our understanding of the biology of mental health disorders,  there’s no blood test or brain scan that will confirm if you have depression, anxiety, PTSD, or any other psychiatric illness. John H. Krystal, MD, chair of the Yale Department of Psychiatry, helps to explain why in an interview with WNYC.

Yale research uncovered how vesicles fuse and recycle, revealing core mechanisms of cellular communication.

Yale psychiatrist John Krystal’s discovery that ketamine rapidly treats depression led to esketamine and transformed mental health care.

Yale researchers find a new way to discern patterns in the placement of mitochondria in the brain and offer new guidelines for managing functional seizures.