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Biology
January 30, 2019

Nimodipine Decreases Frontal and Parietal Cortical Activity During Working Memory in Healthy Subjects

At a recent scientific meeting, researcher Kristin Bigos and colleagues described the effects of nimodipine, a treatment for brain hemorrhage, on the brain during working memory tasks. Nimodipine is a dihydropyridine L-typ...
Biology
April 3, 2015

Gene CACNA1C is Associated with Early-Onset Bipolar Disorder

Several genes have previously been implicated in bipolar illness. In a recent study, researchers at the Mayo Clinic, led by Paul Croarkin, compared variations in three genes (CACNA1C, ANK3, and ODZN) across 69 children age...