Neural basis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder found in brain organoids

Using machine learning, Johns Hopkins researchers identified healthy and unhealthy patterns based on electrical activity.
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Are Mini Brain Models Effective for Studying Psychiatric Disorders?

Scientists turned patients' skin and blood cells into stem cells, and grew 3D brain model to study the brain signal patterns of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders.

Ask the doctors: Bipolar disorder may have connections to gut-brain axis

My 22-year-old son is severely bipolar, which impacts his life terribly. I have kept up with the studies that have shown success in treating bipolar with a fecal transplant. Do you know of any open ...

Lithium plays a mysterious role in the brain. Could it be used to prevent Alzheimer’s?

Low doses in mice have can clear up proteins associated with Alzheimer’s disease and restore memory. Human trials are the next step.
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Bipolar disorder may have connection to gut-brain axis

My 22-year-old son is severely bipolar, which impacts his life terribly. I have kept up with the studies that have shown success in treating bipolar with a faecal transplant. Do you know of any open ...

Uncovering the molecular basis of long COVID brain fog

Even though years have passed since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the effects of infection with SARS-CoV-2 are still not completely understood. This is especially true for long COVID, a chronic ...