tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81320474080964897532011-09-11T03:56:05.819-07:00Sijuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528426956253442878noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132047408096489753.post-69230937517224784922008-03-13T12:15:00.000-07:002008-03-13T12:16:04.193-07:00<a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080312081256.htm">Disorder (BPD or manic-depressive illness) is one of the most serious of all mental disorders, affecting millions of individuals worldwide. Affected individuals alternate between states of deep depression and mania. While depression is characterized by persistent and long-term sadness or despair, mania is a mental state characterized by great excitement, flight of ideas, a decreased need for sleep, and, sometimes, uncontrollable behavior, hallucinations, or delusions. BPD likely arises from the complex interaction of multiple genes and environmental factors. Unlike some brain diseases, no single gene has been implicated in BPD.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080312081256.htm</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8132047408096489753-6923093751722478492?l=human-mind-and-brain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sijuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528426956253442878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132047408096489753.post-14420101349135227912008-03-13T12:08:00.000-07:002008-03-13T12:10:23.336-07:00<a href="http://www.physorg.com/news124478051.html"><span style="font-style: italic;">Researchers from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine have discovered that a change in the location of a protein in the brain could serve as a biomarker for depression, allowing a simple, rapid, laboratory test to identify patients with depression and to determine whether a particular antidepressant therapy will provide a successful response. The research is published in the March 12 issue of the </span><i style="font-style: italic;">Journal of Neuroscience</i><span style="font-style: italic;">.</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.physorg.com/news124478051.html</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8132047408096489753-1442010134913522791?l=human-mind-and-brain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sijuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528426956253442878noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8132047408096489753.post-78924177608270669042008-03-13T12:03:00.000-07:002008-03-13T12:06:00.622-07:00<a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.physorg.com/news121439977.html">People with manic depression have a distinct chemical signature in their brains, according to a new study. The research, published today in the journal Molecular Psychiatry, may also indicate how the mood stabilisers used to treat the disorder counteract the changes in the brain that it appears to cause.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">http://www.physorg.com/news121439977.html</span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8132047408096489753-7892417760827066904?l=human-mind-and-brain.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sijuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11528426956253442878noreply@blogger.com0