Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...

Human fibroblasts from healthy control and BD subjects enrolled in research studies at the Massachusetts General Hospital (Department of Psychiatry, Center for Genomic Medicine) were grown from dermal ...

Bipolar disorder, also known as "manic-depressive illness," a brain disorder known to have afflicted the famous painter Vincent van Gogh, is characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and depression ...

Bipolar disorder (BD) is typically characterized by episodes of depression or mania, lasting weeks and months. Lithium is the most effective mood stabiliser for management of BD, reducing the ...

Pea-sized brains grown in a lab have for the first time revealed the unique way neurons might misfire due to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, psychiatric ailments that affect millions of people ...