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Treatments
July 2, 2023
Lumateperone Normalizes Pathological Levels of Acute Inflammation and Stimulates Important Pathways Involved in Mood Regulation
Highlights from Posters Presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry Meeting, April 27-29, 2023 in San Diego -- Sophie Dutheil of Intra-Cellular Therapies, Inc. reported that “In male and female C57BL/6 mice subjected...
Biology
April 12, 2017
Immune Response to Repeated Stress Alters Behavior in Mice
In research presented at the 2016 meeting of the Society of Biological Psychiatry, Jonathan P. Godbout described how an immune reaction to repeated stressors may lead to anxious behaviors in mice. -- Mice were repeatedly d...
Biology
April 4, 2017
How Stress Triggers Inflammation and Depression
Depression and bipolar disorder are associated with increases in markers of inflammation that can be found in the brain and blood. It is increasingly clear that the mechanisms that cause depression are not just in the brai...
Childhood
November 9, 2015
Link Between Childhood Trauma and Difficult Course of Bipolar Disorder Clarified
A collaboration between Norwegian and French researchers led by Bruno Etain has clarified the pathway by which childhood trauma is linked to worse outcomes among people with bipolar disorder. The researchers, who presented...
Risk Factors
February 23, 2015
Oxytocin Can Block Stress-Induced Relapse of Cocaine Seeking in Animals
Stress can trigger former drug users to begin taking drugs again. In clinical trials, the bonding hormone oxytocin has been found to reduce stress-induced cravings for certain drugs, including alcohol and marijuana. A new ...