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Yale Scientists Awarded $8.4M Grant to Develop Treatments for Women With Problem Drinking
Yale Department of Psychiatry scientists have been awarded a five-year, $8.4 million federal grant to establish a new research center at Yale that will develop treatments to help women with problem drinking.
13 Mar 2020
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How the Brain Helps Us Make Good Decisions — and Bad Ones
A prevailing theory in neuroscience holds that people make decisions based on integrated global calculations that occur within the frontal cortex of the brain. However, Yale researchers have found that three distinct circuits connecting to different brain regions are involved in making good decisions, bad ones, and determining which of those past choices to store in memory, they report June 25 in the journal Neuron.
26 Jun 2019
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Scientists Restore Some Functions in a Pig’s Brain Hours After Death
Circulation and cellular activity were restored in a pig’s brain four hours after its death, a finding that challenges long-held assumptions about the timing and irreversible nature of the cessation of some brain functions after death, Yale scientists report in the journal Nature.
17 Apr 2019
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Yale faculty featured in new HBO documentary on stress
Yale scientists Amy Arnsten and Rajita Sinha are among experts featured in a new HBO documentary “One Nation Under Stress,” which premiered March 25.
28 Mar 2019
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YJBM 2018-2019 Colloquium Series: "Top-down Regulation of Attention by Prefrontal Cortex: Dysfunction in Attention Disorders" on March 25
Dr. Amy Arnsten will speak from 2:30-3:30 p.m. on March 25th in BCMM 206/208 (295 Congress St.), delivering a lecture titled: "Top-down Regulation of Attention by Prefrontal Cortex: Dysfunction in Attention Disorders." Light refreshments will be provided.
5 Mar 2019
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Aren’t sure? Brain is primed for learning
There is one sure way to stop learning: know everything. New research suggests that uncertainty is fundamental in triggering the brain to learn.
21 Jul 2018
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Study examines how brain weighs value
Steak or ice cream? Separate brain regions encode (how good or bad something is) and saliency (how important something is).
4 Dec 2017
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Small but distinct differences among species mark evolution of human brain
Some brain regions contain distinctly human patterns of gene activity that mark the brain’s evolution and may contribute to our cognitive abilities, a new Yale-led study has found.
23 Nov 2017
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Picciotto to become President of Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco
Marina Picciotto, PhD, Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, and Deputy Chair for Basic Science Research in the Yale Department of Psychiatry, will become President of the Society for Research on Nicotine & Tobacco (SRNT) in the Spring.
13 Jan 2017
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Researchers find widespread disruption of brain activity during absence seizures
A new Yale study finds the entire brain is involved in this common form of childhood epilepsy that causes kids to “blank out” for 10 seconds or more at a time.
7 Nov 2016
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Researchers: Menthol masks nicotine's bitter taste
Menthol improves the taste of nicotine in cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products and may help people develop and maintain their smoking and chewing habits, according to a new study by the Yale Tobacco Center of Regulatory Science (TCORS).
19 Oct 2016
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Kavli Q&A: Susumu Tomita on a new molecular key to learning and memory
Yale scientists have established a protein substrate for learning and memory.
5 Oct 2016
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2016 Lustman Resident Research Awards announced
The Yale Department of Psychiatry is pleased to announce that Rebecca A. Muhle, MD, PhD, and Albert R. Powers, III, MD, PhD, are First Place Co-Winners of the 2016 Seymour Lustman Resident Research Awards in Psychiatry.
2 Jun 2016
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Yale study: Effects of maternal smoking continue long after birth
Early exposure to nicotine can trigger widespread genetic changes that affect formation of connections between brain cells long after birth, a new Yale-led study has found. The finding helps explains why maternal smoking has been linked to behavioral changes such as attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, addiction and conduct disorder.
31 May 2016
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Picciotto named editor-in-chief of The Journal of Neuroscience
Marina Picciotto, PhD, Charles B.G. Murphy Professor of Psychiatry and Professor in the Child Study Center, of Neuroscience and of Pharmacology, and Deputy Chair for Basic Science Research in the Department of Psychiatry, has been named editor-in-chief of The Journal of Neuroscience.
20 Apr 2016
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Genomic analysis pinpoints a potential target for treatment of Down syndrome
A study of changes in the patterns of gene activity in the brains of people with Down syndrome reveals that the formation of the brain’s white matter is affected throughout life, a finding that suggests treatment might be possible for the condition that affects 400,000 Americans.
25 Feb 2016
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Blocking a single molecule defeats chronic fear
Yale researchers have shown how disabling a single molecule can help animals eliminate engrained fear responses.
1 Dec 2015
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Four from Yale elected to National Academy of Medicine
Four Yale faculty members were among 80 people worldwide elected to the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine), the academy announced Oct. 19.
19 Oct 2015
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Making ‘miniature brains’ from skin cells to better understand autism
A larger head size — or macrocephaly — is seen in many children with severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A new stem cell study of these children by Yale School of Medicine researchers could help predict ASD and may lead to new drug targets for autism treatment.
20 Jul 2015
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New finding suggests a way to block stress’ damage
Ketamine, an anesthetic sometimes abused as a street drug, increases the synaptic connections between brain cells and in low doses acts as a powerful antidepressant, Yale researchers have found. However, stress has the opposite effect, shrinking the number of synaptic spines, triggering depression.
14 Apr 2014