Archive: Autism Risk-Factors Identified in ‘Dark Matter’ of Human Genome
A multi-institute research team discovered tens of thousands of rare mutations in noncoding DNA sequences and assessed if these contribute to autism spectrum disorder.
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Archive: Drug Wholesalers Drove Fentanyl’s Deadly Rise, Report Concludes
Fentanyl most likely spread because of heroin and prescription pills shortages, and also because it was cheaper for drug wholesalers than heroin.
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Archive: UCSF Researchers: 'Fentanyl Is a Tsunami'; Want Drug Classified As A Poison
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Archive: Brain Stimulation Relieves Depression Symptoms
Patients with moderate to severe depression reported significant improvements in mood when researchers precisely stimulated a brain region called the orbitofrontal cortex.
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Archive: Classroom Friendships May Offset Effects of Punitive Parents
Angry, threatening and highly critical parenting is more likely to result in children with defiant, noncompliant and revengeful behavior that spills over to adulthood and impacts relationships with all authority figures.
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Archive: Emotional Abuse May Be Linked with Menopause Misery
UCSF has identified another factor that may add to menopause torment: an emotionally abusive partner or spouse.
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Archive: Can Video Games Improve the Health of Older Adults with Schizophrenia?
Video games can offer a safe and easy way for a sedentary population to get started with exercise.
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Archive: Brain Signature of Depressed Mood Unveiled in New Study
New research from UCSF has identified a common pattern of brain activity that may be behind feelings of low mood, particularly in people who have a tendency towards anxiety.
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Archive: Researchers Uncover A Circuit For Sadness In The Human Brain
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Archive: With Disease Agnostic Approach, QBI is Accelerating Ambitious Science
The Quantitative Biosciences Institute attracts investigators on the basis of the tools and techniques they employ, rather than the diseases they study.
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Archive: UCSF Immunology, Neuroscience Research Highly Ranked Among US News’ Best Global Universities
Seven UCSF research subject areas were ranked in the top 10 globally by US News & World Report.
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Archive: With Dangers of Everyday Concussions Revealed, Scientists Race to Find Solutions
UCSF scientists are working to understand how concussions cause long-term cognitive damage – and how they might be treated.
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Archive: Early Alzheimer’s Brain Pathology Linked to Psychiatric Symptoms
Researchers have shown that the earliest stages of the brain degeneration associated with Alzheimer’s disease are linked to neuropsychiatric symptoms.
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Archive: Chelsea Clinton Tours SF General in Support of Early Childhood Learning Program
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Archive: Building a Patchwork Brain to Study Neurological Disease
Scientists at UCSF and Boston Children’s Hospital have developed a new technique for making mice with brains that combine the genetics of two different mouse strains.
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Archive: New Study Seeks to Manage Toxic Stress in Children
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Archive: New Tourette Disorder Genes Come to Light
In DNA sequencing study of TD, UCSF researchers and their collaborators have unearthed new data suggesting a potential role for disruptions in cell polarity in the development of this condition.
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Archive: Dolby Family Gift Launches New UCSF Center for Mood Disorders
A $20 million gift from longtime UCSF donors Dagmar Dolby and her son, David, will establish the UCSF Dolby Family Center for Mood Disorders within the Department of Psychiatry.
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Archive: Primary Care is an Untapped Resource for Depression Screening
A new study has identified at-risk populations for whom depression screening combined with hazardous alcohol use screening could detect depressive symptoms that might otherwise go untreated.
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Archive: Brain Data Could Read Moods, Potentially Treat Depression
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Archive: NIH Funds UCSF-led Initiative to Chart a Course Toward New Psychiatric Drugs
Researchers at UCSF and the Gladstone Institutes have received an $18 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to launch the Psychiatric Cell Map Initiative.
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Archive: Anorexia more stubborn to treat than previously believed, analysis shows
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center Is Best Hospital in California for 2018-19
UCSF ranked sixth on the national Best Hospitals Honor Roll and received special recognition for exceptional performance in 15 medical specialties, including top-10 status in a dozen.
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Archive: 1 in 3 Youth Who Break the Law Identify as LGBTQ
New study that examines sexual orientation, gender expression and mental health among young people who are involved in the justice system, but are not incarcerated.
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Archive: Take a Walk in the Woods. Doctor's Orders.
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Archive: Prop. 47 Lessened Racial Disparities in Drug Arrests
UCSF researchers quantified the effects of Prop 47, which reclassified drug possession offenses from felonies or “wobblers”.
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Archive: CryoEM Study Captures Opioid Signaling in the Act
Scientists have used ultra-high-resolution cryo–electron microscopy to capture the most detailed portrait ever of an opioid drug triggering the biochemical signaling cascade that gives it its power.
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Archive: Diabetes Added to High Risks for People with Severe Mental Illness
People with severe mental illness are more than twice as likely to have Type 2 diabetes, with even higher risks among patients who are African American or Hispanic, according to a new study led by UCSF.
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Archive: As opioid crisis grows, medical schools bolster addiction training
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Archive: Opioid Crisis: This Doctor’s Street-Level Views Could Change the Course of the Epidemic
A staggering 64,000 people in the United States died in 2016 from drug overdoses – and a study led by UCSF’s Daniel Ciccarone is aiming to get at the heart of of the problem, including by interviewing opioid users.