Yale School of Medicine has received a $1.7 million grant to study whether a history of use of MDMA (ecstasy) and marijuana is associated with cognitive deficits in adolescents. The study, which will include 200 adolescent participants, also will...
Mice engineered without the Nogo-66 Receptor (NgR) grew new nerve fibers after spinal cord injury, pointing to this receptor as a target for development of a drug to promote fiber recovery, according to a Yale study published today in Neuron. The...
The Yale Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Center (TTURC) has a new award of about $9.5 million to continue its studies through September 2009. The Yale Tobacco Center is one of seven research centers funded over the next five years by the National...
Estrogen treatment had less beneficial effect on memory in female mice that raced on running wheels and played with other toys than in mice raised in non-stimulating environments, according to a Yale study published this month. “We saw no beneficial...
Estrogen treatment had less beneficial effect on memory in female mice that raced on running wheels and played with other toys than in mice raised in non-stimulating environments, according to a Yale study published this month. “We saw no beneficial...
Receptors in the brain that are highly sensitive to alcohol may function differently in a person with a family history of alcoholism, according to a Yale study published this month. The study included 45 healthy subjects, some with a family history of...
Yale University announced today that The Starr Foundation of New York City has made a $5 million award to Yale over three years in support of the University’s World Fellows Program. Each year the World Fellows Program brings 16 to 18 highly...
Yale is participating in a $60 million national study to test whether state of the art imaging, other biological markers, and clinical and neuropsychological assessment, can be combined to measure the progression of mild cognitive impairment and early...
Blondes and redheads not only are more susceptible to skin cancer, but the source of their skin and hair pigmentation, melanin, actually magnifies the damaging effects of ultraviolet (UV) rays, according to a study published online this week in the...
Yale is recipient of a $5 million grant for what is believed to be a first of its kind study examining a possible link between stress-related psychiatric disorders in pregnancy and low birth weight and premature delivery. “Historically, there has been...