Behavior

An Obsessive Compulsive Mouse

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) affects about 2% of the [ Read more . . . ]
  Submitted by Mayim Bialik on Sun, 2008-02-10 03:14.
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If I had three wishes......

[Contributed by Mayim Bialik, Ph.D.]   The Sentence Completion and Three Wishes Tasks: One of the great challenges in studies of individuals with PWS and others with cognitive or linguis [ Read more . . . ]
  Submitted by Theresa Strong on Wed, 2008-02-06 12:39.
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Genetics and behavior

Two new articles that just arrived in the new issue of the American Journal of Human Genetics caught my eye. Both articles deal with the serotonin system, and common genetic variants of the components of the system. [ Read more . . . ]

  Submitted by Theresa Strong on Fri, 2006-05-26 21:06.
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A role for PWS-snoRNAs, finally!

There's a new paper out in a top journal, Science, on what is may be the first understanding of the underlying molecular basis of features of PWS - The snoRNA HBII-52 regulates alternative splicing of the serotonin receptor 2C -- I've put the link at the end of the message. Here's the lowdown: [ Read more . . . ]

  Submitted by Theresa Strong on Tue, 2006-01-17 19:55.
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