Monday, April 2, 2012

Medical News

Medical News


<i>CACNA1C</i> linked to facial emotion recognition in bipolar patients

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Patients with bipolar disorder who carry the Met allele of the α1-C subunit of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel gene show impaired ability to recognize facial expressions of emotion, research suggests.

Glutamate plus glutamine increased during psychotic exacerbations

Posted: 02 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Schizophrenia patients who are experiencing a psychotic exacerbation exhibit elevated levels of glutamate plus glutamine in left inferior parietal white matter, results from a Japanese study show.

Obesity susceptibility genes linked to insulin sensitivity

Posted: 01 Apr 2012 05:00 PM PDT

The SH2B adaptor protein 1 gene previously shown to be associated with body mass index is also associated with insulin sensitivity, show study findings.

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