New research from the Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has discovered subtle but widespread differences in the brain's ...

A person’s genetic risk for developing a cannabis addiction is associated with structural brain differences during ...

Leila Nabulsi, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in computational neuroscience at the Keck School of Medicine of USC's Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) has ...

New research reveals dementia, addiction and psychiatric disorders each leave a distinct "fingerprint" of accelerated brain ...

While they share similar depressive and cognitive symptoms, the biological underpinnings of bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder are distinct. A novel study appearing in Biological ...

People with dementia, mild cognitive impairment, alcohol addiction or psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia show ...

Twice-daily stable lithium carbonate dosing seems to offer more stable brain lithium levels among euthymic individuals with bipolar disorder.

A brain scanning study of adolescents and adults with bipolar disorder shows significant decrease in size in the amygdala, a brain structure that governs emotions, a Yale School of Medicine researcher ...

New therapies in the clinic for bipolar disorder hope to meet unmet needs of efficacy and minimal side effects.

Reduced Gray Matter may be seen in bipolar patients on atypical antipsychotics Source: Michèle Hilbers/Unsplash While atypical anti-psychotics (AAPs) are a vital part of treating disorders with ...

Bipolar disorder appears to be more common in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) than in the general population. MS is an autoimmune condition that affects the brain and spinal cord, damaging nerves ...