Current pharmacological treatments for bipolar disorder are inadequate and based on serendipitously discovered drugs often with limited efficacy, burdensome side-effects, and …
Multiplex families have higher recurrence risk of schizophrenia compared to the families of sporadic cases, but the source of this increased recurrence risk is unknown. We used …
Scientists must choose which among many experiments to perform. We study the epistemic success of experimental choice strategies proposed by philosophers of science or executed …
É Gobeil, J Bourgault, PL Mitchell, U Houessou… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
Background: RNA-based, antibody-based and gene editing-based therapies are currently under investigation to determine if the inhibition of angiopoietin-like protein-3 (ANGPTL3) …
Background Prioritizing genes that underlie complex brain disorders poses a considerable challenge. Despite previous studies have found that they shared symptoms and …
Genetic studies in psychiatry have primarily focused on the effects of common genetic variants, but few have investigated the role of rare genetic variants, particularly for major …
Mental disorders are common, complex, highly morbid conditions for which basic underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. Despite the utility of many existing treatments, there …
A Patowary, P Zhang, C Jops, C Vuong, X Ge, K Hou… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
Human brain development is under tight molecular genetic control and the recent advent of single-cell genomics has revolutionized our ability to elucidate the diverse underlying cell …
B Shapiro, Y Fang, S Sen, D Forger - PLOS Digital Health, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The interplay between circadian rhythms, time awake, and mood remains poorly understood in the real-world. Individuals in high-stress occupations with irregular schedules or nighttime …