Mice become profoundly anti-social when the creation of new brain cells is interrupted in adolescence, a surprising finding that may help researchers understand schizophrenia and other mental disorders, Yale researchers report.When the same process is...
Yale School of Medicine professor Dr. Marcella Nunez Smith has been awarded a multi-million dollar federal grant to study the risk factors and prevalence of heart disease, cancer and diabetes in the eastern Caribbean.The grant, from the National Institute...
Yale researchers are recipients of this year’s prestigious National Institutes of Health Director Awards, a program geared to promote bold and innovative scientific ideas.Two Yale researchers are recipients of New Innovator grants each worth $1.5 million...
If the brain goes hungry, Twinkies look a lot better, a study led by researchers at Yale University and the University of Southern California has found.Brain imaging scans show that when glucose levels drop, an area of the brain known to regulate emotions...