Archives by: Mohini Banerjee
Should Obesity Be a ‘Disease’?
By CRYSTAL L. HOYT and JENI L. BURNETTE
New York Times: Sunday Review
February 21, 2014
In June 2013, millions of Americans contracted a disease. They developed ... Read more »
Scientists believe they have found key gene that determines obesity
Agence France-Presse
Thursday, 13 March, 2014
Geneticists believe they have pinpointed the most important obesity gene yet, throwing up a possible target for drugs to tackle ... Read more »
The Thorny Ethics of Prenatal Testing
By: Erik Parens
Time
February 5, 2014
Recent technological advances raise a pressing ethical question: Should prospective parents be able to acquire whatever genetic information they ... Read more »
Who’s afraid of math? Study finds some genetic factors
Science Daily
March 17, 2014
A new study of math anxiety shows how some people may be at greater risk to fear math not only because ... Read more »
Arguments for the Sake of Endophenotypes: Examining Common Misconceptions About the Use of Endophenotypes in Psychiatric Genetics
By: David C. Glahn, Emma E.M. Knowles, D. Reese McKay, Emma Sprooten,
Henriette Ravento´s, John Blangero, Irving I Gottesman, and Laura Almasy
January 24, 2014
American Journal ... Read more »
Psychiatric Genetics Hold Great Promise
By: Joan Arehart-Treichel
March 20, 2014 DOI: 10.1176/appi.pn.2014.3a1
Psychiatric News
While clinical applications of genetic findings relevant to psychiatric disorders are still in their infancy, the field ... Read more »
Reviewing Self-Injuries in Macaques: The Role of Early Experience and Genetics in an Integrated Non-Human Model
By: Juan D. Molina, Mario de la Calle Real, Alfonso Ramos Ruiz, Francisco López-Muñoz, Maria José Muñoz Algar, Cristina Andrade-Rosa, Francisco Toledo-Romero
Journal of Behavioral ... Read more »
Critical role of one gene to our brain development
Health Canal
03/14/2014
New research from the University of Adelaide has confirmed that a gene linked to intellectual disability is critical to the earliest stages ... Read more »
NIH rethinks psychiatry trials
By: Sara Reardon
March 14, 2014
Nature News
Mental-health division will no longer fund research aiming to relieve symptoms without probing underlying causes.
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Public Understandings of Addiction: Where do Neurobiological Explanations Fit?
By: Carla Meurk, Adrian Carter, Wayne Hall, Jayne Lucke
Neuroethics
April 2014
Volume 7, Issue 1, pp51-62
Abstract
Developments in the field of neuroscience, according to its proponents, offer ... Read more »
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