Francine Benes
Belmont, MA - Researchers at Harvard-affiliated McLean Hospital report being able to produce cellular changes in rats’ brains similar to those seen in humans with schizophrenia by manipulating a precise area of the animals’ amygdala, a region critical to emotional stress and learning.
In a paper published in the online early edition of the Proceedings […]
There is a molecular link between impaired dopamine signaling and depression
BOSTON-July 28, 2005-Researchers from Harvard Medical School have found a molecule that is unexpectedly involved in dopamine signaling, and in a manner that supports the potential of dopamine as an alternative target for treating depression. The results provide evidence that there is a molecular link […]