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Apr 06, 2023 | Healthline
Sleep Apnea May Increase Your Risk of Cognitive Decline, Dementia
Rami Khayat, MD, PhD, professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior, talks to Healthline about the importance of getting a comprehensive evaluation and treatment plan for patients with sleep apnea.
Apr 03, 2023 | Good Morning America
Parenting style can significantly influence a child's mental health, new study finds
Anju Hurria, MD, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry and human behavior talks to Good Morning America about how parenting style can influence a child's mental health.
Dec 21, 2022 | UCI News
UC Irvine-led study links metabolism changes in certain brain cells to Huntington’s disease — Findings show high-dose thiamine and biotin treatments can restore normal processes
A research team led by the University of California, Irvine has linked the mutation that causes Huntington’s disease to developmental deficits in the brain’s oligodendrocyte cells that are caused by changes in metabolism.
Jul 13, 2022 | UCI News
Research reveals how brain inflammation may link Alzheimer’s risk, sleep disturbance
Multisite team included UCI, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Wake Forest University
May 05, 2022 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI researchers reveal possible molecular blood signature for suicide in major depression
New approach integrates blood and brain data to identify potential blood biomarkers.
Apr 12, 2022 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI participates in landmark study that reveals clearest genetic signals yet for schizophrenia risk
This and another large genetic study point to similar genes and biological mechanisms that start to home in on the root causes of the severe psychiatric disorder.
Feb 09, 2022 | UCI News
UCI study reveals neurobiological processes occurring during puberty that trigger sex differences in learning and memory
New findings suggest optimal teaching tactics, psychiatric treatment, should adapt to reflect brain differences.
Stemming the Rising Mental Health Crisis
UCI researchers help illuminate the complexities of the mind and find solutions to prevent a twin pandemic
Oct 22, 2020 | UCI School of Medicine
NIH Awards Over $100 Million to Examine Biomarkers of Alzheimer’s Disease in Adults with Down Syndrome
The Alzheimer’s Biomarkers Consortium – Down Syndrome (ABC-DS), a multi-institution research team, co-led by members from the University of California, Irvine, has been awarded an unprecedented five-year, $109 million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to expand research on the biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease in adults with Down syndrome.
Apr 11, 2019 | UCI School of Medicine
UCI-led research team catalogs mitochondria deletions in the human brain using a single test
In a recent University of California, Irvine-led study published in Nucleic Acids Research, a team of scientists described a catalog of 4489 putative mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) deletions, including their frequency and relative read rate. This catalog comprises the first comprehensive database of mitochondrial deletions derived from human brain.