Sentences with phrase «psychiatric disease into»

In turn, his commitment has changed the study of psychiatric disease into a molecular field based on rigorous analysis of the action of specific genes and proteins.

By reprogramming human skin cells and other cells from patients with neurologic and psychiatric diseases into induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and induced neurons (iN), his work seeks to decipher the progression and mechanisms that lead to brain cell dysfunction.

Not exact matches

Of the thousands of ancestral variants reintroduced into modern humans, only 41 have been linked in genetic studies to diseases, such as skin conditions and neurological and psychiatric disorders, he said.

Today, the paradigm has widened into a much bigger idea that expands our understanding of psychiatric disease: A whole host of infections and other unknown triggers lead to the production of antibodies and immune cells that can cross into the brain.

The findings provide insight into the biological pathways that may predispose an individual to disease and could ultimately lead to the development of new therapeutic avenues to treat the five major psychiatric illnesses.

Together with research into other immune - related genes in diseases such as Alzheimer's, the idea that immune processes are involved in some psychiatric phenotypes is looking ever more solid.

«This study illustrates the potential of gaining fundamental insights into brain function while helping patients with debilitating diseases, and provides us with a powerful way of selecting targets based on their connectivity to other regions that can be widely applied to help guide brain stimulation therapy across multiple neurological and psychiatric disorders.»

Despite the noble efforts of clinicians and researchers, our limited insight into the roots of psychiatric disease hinders the search for cures and contributes to the stigmatization of this enormous problem, the leading cause worldwide of years lost to death or disability.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA — April 29, 2012 — Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have determined how specific circuitry in the brain controls not only body movement but also motivation and learning, providing new insight into neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease — and psychiatric disorders such as addiction and depression.

Jin's lab is characterizing basic rules of how the brain executes actions from multiple levels of analysis and providing insights into action - related neurological and psychiatric diseases.

Prime objectives in studying neurologic and psychiatric disorders are to develop discriminating markers and generate data that can provide insight into disease pathogenesis.