Genomic Press

Mapping the neural circuits of bipolar disorder before symptoms strike

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Mary L. Phillips, MD, MD (Cantab), University of Pittsburgh, USA. Dr. Mary Phillips and her research team. Mary L. Phillips: Understanding how the brain regulates itself via the study of neural networks underlying emotional regulation Bipolar disorder: Reading the neural circuit before the clinical storm arrives I have spent many years as a psychiatrist being … Read more

Salience Network Expansion May Be A Reliable Biomarker for Depression

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Summary: A newly identified biomarker, an enlarged salience network in the brain, could dramatically change how depression is detected and treated. This network, responsible for regulating attention and switching between mental states, was found to be consistently larger in people with depression, regardless of symptom severity or treatment history. Crucially, the expansion appears to predate … Read more