Teen binge drinking effects may last a lifetime, suggests UMass Amherst study
Binge drinking can have lasting effects on brain pathways that are still developing during adolescence, say neuroscience researcher Heather N. Richardson and her colleagues at the University of...
View ArticleNeurocrine Biosciences' NBI-98854 drug gets breakthrough designation for...
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has granted Breakthrough Therapy Designation for its Vesicular Monoamine Transporter 2 inhibitor, NBI-98854, in...
View ArticleAAN urges for more research on use of medical marijuana for brain, nervous...
The American Academy of Neurology is calling for more research on the use of medical marijuana for brain, spine and nervous system disorders in a new position statement released by the AAN, the world's...
View ArticleDeclarative memory helps individuals with neurodevelopmental disorders...
Individuals with five neurodevelopmental disorders -- autism spectrum disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, dyslexia, and Specific Language Impairment -- appear to compensate for...
View ArticleTourette syndrome patients may face second psychiatric disorder during their...
A new study of Tourette syndrome (TS) led by researchers from UC San Francisco and Massachusetts General Hospital has found that nearly 86 percent of patients who seek treatment for TS will be...
View ArticleNeurocrine reports net loss of $1.2 million for first quarter 2015
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. today announced its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. For the first quarter of 2015, the Company reported a net loss of $1.2 million, or $0.01 loss...
View ArticleCognitive behavioural therapy can change brain function of people with...
In addition to its effect on chronic tics, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) can change the brain function of people with Tourette syndrome.
View ArticleFirst self-assessment test developed to help clinicians diagnose autism in...
Psychologists from Cardiff University have developed the first self-assessment test designed to help clinicians diagnose autism in adults.
View ArticleNeurocrine completes enrollment in Phase III clinical trial of NBI-98854 in...
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. announced today that it has recently completed subject randomization of the Phase III clinical trial (Kinect 3 Study) of its proprietary Vesicular Mono-Amine Transporter 2...
View ArticleNeurocrine Biosciences announces positive data from NBI-98854 Phase III trial...
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. announced today that NBI-98854, a highly selective small molecule VMAT2 inhibitor, showed a statistically significant reduction in tardive dyskinesia during the six weeks...
View ArticleNeurocrine Biosciences reports net loss of $29.3 million for fourth quarter 2015
Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. today announced its financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2015.
View ArticleNew deep brain stimulation improves symptoms in Tourette's patients
Specifically-targeted deep brain stimulation improves symptoms in patients with severe Tourette's, a study reports in the current issue of Biological Psychiatry.
View ArticleDeutetrabenazine may help improve chorea symptoms in patients with HD
People with Huntington disease (HD) experienced improvements in chorea while taking deutetrabenazine (SD-809) compared to placebo, according to a paper published today in the Journal of the American...
View ArticleNew CBIT therapy can help lessen frequency of tics
When Dr. Laura Duda goes into an elementary school classroom, she can usually spot one or two children who have a tic - a rapid, involuntary movement or sound such as sniffing, blinking their eyes or...
View ArticleMaternal smoking linked to increased risk for Tourette syndrome and tic...
A study published in the September 2016 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry found an association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and an increased...
View ArticleNew study to examine effectiveness of orally administered drug in treating...
Stuttering, an interruption in the flow of speech, affects about three million Americans. It begins most often in childhood, affecting four men for every woman. A precise cause of this complex...
View ArticleResearchers find children with Tourette syndrome faster at assembling sounds...
Children with Tourette syndrome may process aspects of language faster than other children, a new study shows.
View ArticleStudy to examine efficacy of orally administered medication in treating...
Stuttering, an interruption in the flow of speech, affects about three million Americans. It begins most often in childhood, affecting four men for every woman. A precise cause of this complex...
View ArticleSalk researchers develop new computer program to measure blepharosplasm severity
If two clinicians observe the same patient with blepharospasm -- uncontrollable muscle contractions around the eye -- they'll often come away with two different conclusions on the severity of the...
View ArticleResearchers find differences in the brain regions of children with Tourette's...
Using MRIs, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified areas in the brains of children with Tourette's syndrome that appear markedly different from the same...
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