Alcohol’s molecular mediators

Therapeutic agents focusing on the brain region involved in stress-induced relapse may be effective in preventing relapse in patients with alcohol use disorders.

Rewired: Helping children with traumatic brain injury

Information flow reduced in psychosis

Bipolar depression and schizophrenia share patterns of changes in neurons that regulate information flow, new research shows.

Parkinson’s deep brain target fired up

Neuronal activity in a deep brain region increases as Parkinson’s disease advances, a new study suggests.

Researchers strive to refill drug discovery ‘pipeline’

Connecting the dots in schizophrenia

Abnormalities of the hippocampus, a seahorse-shaped brain region involved in learning and memory, may play a role in the psychotic symptoms and cognitive deficits of schizophrenia.