Sleepless over Seattle: Migrating songbirds forgo sleep but keep their wits
...g sparrows," the authors note, "both depressed and manic patients show reduced latency to REM sleep, loss of slow-wave sleep, and reduced amounts of total sleep." Understanding the mechanisms that power the sleepless flight of songbirds promises to unravel one of the longstanding mysteries of their improba...News tips: Genetics research builds on legacy of double helix
...ns Hopkins studying families with a severe form of manic depressive illness, called psychotic bipolar disorder, may be one step closer to finding the genetic underpinnings of both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. "Finding a gene for bipolar disorder is like finding a needle in a haystack, but by focusin...Families with severe form of bipolar disorder help scientists narrow the search for disease genes
...ns Hopkins studying families with a severe form of manic depressive illness, called psychotic bipolar disorder, may be one step closer to finding the genetic underpinnings of both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. "Finding a gene for bipolar disorder is like finding a needle in a haystack, but by foc...USF study: Nicotine antagonist relieves depression in children with Tourette's
...d adolescents with bipolar disorder, also known as manic depression. This latest study is funded in part by the Stanley Medical Research Institute. Other authors of study in Depression and Anxiety were Kathy Sheehan, PhD; and David Sheehan, MD. The study was supported in part by a grant from the USF High...Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF): From maternal deprivation to manic depressive illness
...icine, Cardiff, UK Bipolar disorder (also known as manic depressive illness) is an episodic illness characterized by extreme disturbances in mood, including mania and depression. Family and twin studies have demonstrated a strong genetic basis for this disease but classical linkage studies - studies of in...Defects in 'orphan' inositol polyphosphates may be linked to manic depression, cancer
... has been effective in the treatment of bipolar or manic depressive disease for more than 40 years yet scie...cts in these pathways may lead to diseases such as manic depression and cancer. Dr. York is perhaps best known for identifying biological roles for "orphan" ...Discovery that common mood disorders are inherited together may reveal genetic underpinnings
The genetic underpinnings of panic disorder and manic depressive (bipolar) illness have long eluded scientists. Now, researchers at Johns Hopkins studying the inheritance patterns of these conditions have concluded that they probably are not separate diseases at all, but different forms of a shared and......several forms of deafness, solid tumors, a form of manic depressive psychosis for instance. A focus of in...ude for instance, two loci for deafness, a form of manic psychosis and several forms of cancer. In the context of Down syndrome, the scientists are hoping th...Blocking the binge: UF researchers explore for uncontrolled eating
...tabilizer to treat suchdisorders as depression and manic depression-illnesses sometimes accompanied bybinge eating. People with binge eating disorder have episodes in which they consume largeamounts of food in a short period of time and feel out of control with theireating. It is considered a distinct diag...