Mental Health Law Weekly

Healthcare Coverage - Crawford Care Management launched

Inha University, Inchon - Zebrafish telencephalon analyzed, receptor-dependent potentiation revealed

Institut Pasteur - Researchers develop vaccine candidate for West Nile virus

Johns Hopkins Asthma & Allergy Center - Aquaporin hypertonic induction analyzed, influential roles revealed

Kansai University, Osaka - Tunicamycin-induced apoptosis studied, protective effect of nicotine revealed

Karolinska Institute - Immunization against nicotine alters nicotine distribution

Kobe Gakuin University, Hyogo - Sox6 is essential for neuronal differentiation

Louisiana State University - Presenilin-I may direct glial-specific gene expression

Maastricht University - Stress reduction appropriate treatment for stress-induced depression

March of Dimes - Study shows outlook bleak for smallest premature infants

Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee - Endocannabinoid signaling studied, negatively modulation revealed

Mental Health - Mental health community protests strait-jacketed teddy bear

Mount Desert Island Biological Lab - New comparative toxicogenomics database unveiled

Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York - Reduced-calorie and -carbohydrate diet slows progression of dementia in mice

NMT Medical, Inc. - Patient enrollment for migraine intervention initiated

New York Academy of Medicine - WTC attack didn't increase mental health service use by general population

Niigata University - Effects of interferon-alpha on cloned opioid receptors analyzed in oocytes

Ohio State University, Columbus - Adolescent smoking was reduced by cognitive behavior or life skills programs

Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Dublin - Genes resembling VEGF show relevance to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

PHC, Inc. - Behavioral health services company announces contract expansion

Pfizer, Inc. - FDA approves Lyrica for the treatment of two common forms of neuropathic pain

Portland VA Medical Center - Screening and intervention can mitigate interferon-induced depression

Prana Biotechnology Limited - Biotech company receives approval to initiate Alzheimer trial in the U.K.

RehabCare Group, Inc. - Consulting company provides consultation services for correctional health system

Rene Descartes University, Paris - Chronic morphine treatment alters cytoskeletal proteins in rat striatum

Royan Institute, Tehran - Functional neurons generated by directed differentiation from ESCs

Russian Research Ctr. of Virology & Biotech. - Study links sickness to Russian launch site

Salk Institute for Biological Studies - Findings advance knowledge in endocrinology research

Somaxon Pharmaceuticals Inc. - Positive results reported in dose-finding study of treatment for adult insomnia

Sotiria Hospital, Athens - Angiotensin receptor blocker treatment is good for systolic hypertension

Technion Inst. of Technology, Israel - Pet therapy may help schizophrenic patients

Tel Aviv University - Inhibition of islet amyloid polypeptide fibril formation investigated

Texas A&M University, College Station - Blood-brain barrier responds differently to estrogen therapy in aging rats

Tohoku University, Aoba-ku - Study compared natriuretic peptide levels in MD to idiopathic cardiomyopathy

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Protein kinase C mediates behavior and trafficking of the D-2 dopamine receptor

U.S. National Research Council - Report assesses health implications of perchlorate exposure

U.S. VA Medical Center, Lebanon - Templer's scale is a measure of anxiety about death

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Mass spectrometry integrated into membrane protein drug discovery

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Plan for the next generation of HIV prevention research outlined

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Adenovirus vectors encoding A-beta and GM-CSF reduces amyloid load in brain