'Night eating syndrome' may be related to the performance of the body -- not the mind
...are some phenotypes with the night eaters, such as mood disruptions, eating disorders, and sleeping disorders. Whether these clinical features are the result of common pathophysiological mechanisms in the HPA axis remains to be clarified and awaits further studies. The authors also concluded that subjects...Scientists seek women who suffer from PMS
...erone, she said. Allopregnanolone strongly affects mood receptors in the brain and is some 200 times more powerful than typical anti-anxiety pills at those receptors. It may be that the abnormal stress response of allopregnanolone among women with PMDD contributes to a worsening of symptoms during stress...Timing of chemical signal critical for normal emotional development
...protein suspected of malfunctioning in anxiety and mood disorders plays a key role in the development of emotional behavior, report researchers funded by the National Institute of Mental Health. Mice lacking it in frontal brain circuits during an early critical period fail to develop normal reactions in ...Pitt researchers find men and women have different genes behind depression
...evention, and new information about the biology of mood and its regulation, said Dr. Zubenko. Dr. Zubenko explained that these developments are time and resource intensive, and that it would be unlikely for the results of this avenue of research to affect clinical care in less than a decade. However, othe...Progress in the genetics of autism
...her phenotypes ranging from neuroticism to bipolar mood disorder. Citation source: Molecular Psychiatry 2002 Volume 7, number 3, pages 278-288. For further information on this work, please contact Dr. Edwin Cook, Department of Psychiatry, MC 3077, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, Chicago, Illinios 60637; phone: (...Suicidal behavior among alcoholics
...nt judgment impairment, an increased likelihood of mood swings, and alcohol-related violent behavior. All...l-dependent individuals who drink will likely have mood problems. Those that drink a lot will have major problems."...16th Annual Depression Symposium features Pulitzer Prize-winning author, world-renowned neurosurgeon
...t the latest research as well as ways to cope with mood disorders. "Millions of Americans suffer needlessly from undiagnosed depression or manic-depressive illness," says J. Raymond DePaulo Jr., M.D., chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Hopkins and the author of a new book ca...New depression studies reveal persistent serotonin system abnormality in patients
...of Psychiatrists annual award for contributions to mood disorders research. A report on the findings appears in the May issue of Neuropsychopharmacology, a scientific journal. Besides Golden, authors include biostatistician R. David Ekstrom, Drs. Joseph M. Bebchuk and Martha E. Leatherman, both former po...Testosterone gel (AndroGel) study demonstrates safety and efficacy up to 42 months
...), osteoporosis, reduced lean body mass, depressed mood and fatigue. In the trial, led by REI investigators, 92 hypogonadal men, with an average age of 52, received continuous replacement with testosterone gel for up to 42 months (average 29 months). Initially, each man was treated with one percent testo......he last sexual encounter made no difference to the mood of women who usually or always used condoms. The t... semen through oral or anal sex really does affect mood in heterosexual or homosexual partners. But why should semen have such an effect? "It makes no sense...Sex-specific genes for depression
...evention, and new information about the biology of mood and its regulation," said Dr. Zubenko. These developments are time and resource intensive, and that it will be unlikely for the results of this avenue of research to affect clinical care in less than a decade. However, other applications may have im...UCLA scientists discover hormone may spur dramatic weight loss
...Licinio said. "We plan to explore leptin's link to mood disorders in the future." Manufactured in the fat cells, leptin plays three important roles in the human body. First, the hormone signals fullness, controls the appetite and tells the brain to stop eating. Second, it is triggered by puberty and regul...Treatable psychiatric symptoms common with degenerative brain disease
...ent of those with cerebellar disease suffered from mood disorders like depression, compared to 43 per cent of Huntington's disease patients and 31 per cent of healthy subjects. Personality change was present in 26 per cent of cerebellar disease patients, 48 per cent of Huntington's disease patients and n...New study promises safer hormone replacement therapy
... help with other symptoms, such as hot flashes and mood swings. The therapy was also thought to cut the risk of heart disease. The therapy was associated with a small increase in the risk for uterine and breast cancer, but the benefits were thought to outweigh the risks. This belief was challenged in Ju...The genetic basis for caffeine-induced anxiety discovered
...orded their physiological reactions and subjective mood states. The researchers also took blood samples from the participants and investigated the genes that code for two proteins, called adenosine receptors, which are known to interact with caffeine. Receptors form special features on the surface of ner...Psychiatry receives grant establishing Conte Center to study molecular and cellular mood mechanisms
... the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in mood regulation. They will specifically evaluate the hy...ventually provide targets for medications to treat mood disorders, which affect 20 percent of Americans. "The type of information we obtain from these studi...USF study: Nicotine antagonist relieves depression in children with Tourette's
...ors in the brain appears to relieve depression and mood instability in children and adolescents with Toure...ide a new avenue for treating depression and other mood disorders. In a 1998 study, the USF researchers reported that small doses of mecamylamine (trade nam...Cocaine harms brain's 'pleasure center,' addict study finds
...rotein were lowest in the seven cocaine users with mood disorders that may have been caused by cocaine use. Researchers have found that depressed cocaine users have more severe addiction and mental health problems than non-depressed users. Little hypothesizes that the decreased dopamine vesicles and incre...Chemicals used to protect soldiers in 1991 Gulf War can damage testes, animal studies show
...ordination (cerebellum); and memory, cognition and mood (hippocampus). Yet the animals appeared normal to the naked eye. Similarly, Gulf War veterans have complained of deficits in these very functions for more than a decade, while clinical exams show no obvious signs of disease. "The brain deficits we fo......campal dysfunction, such as Alzheimer's disease or mood disorders. Drawing on participants in the NIMH intramural sibling study of schizophrenia, Egan and colleagues first assessed their hippocampal function and related it to their BDNF gene types. Among 641 normal controls, schizophrenia patients, and...