The birth of new neurons depend upon activation of an important molecular pathway in stem cells, a new Yale School of Medicine study shows.Angelique Bordey and colleagues show that activation of the mTOR pathway (mammalian target of rapamycin) helps...
On Halloween Eve 2012, ferocious Storm Sandy uprooted an historic oak tree on the New Haven Green and exposed skeletal reminders of New Haven’s past. A passer-by found bone fragments lodged in roots of the oak tree, which was planted in 1909 to celebrate...
Patients suffering from schizophrenia and bipolar disorder share similar cognitive and brain abnormalities, three new multi-site studies show. The findings, published in the November issue of the American Journal of Psychiatry, add to growing literature...
Samuel A. Ball, professor of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine, has been named president and chief executive of The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA).Samuel A. BallBall will oversee an expanded effort by the center to...