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GABA Deficiency Linked to Primary Insomnia

GABA is the main inhibitory neurotransmitter in the mammalian nervous system. Neurons that produce GABA as their output are called GABAergic neurons, and have mainly an inhibitory action at receptors in the nervous system.
A new scientific study in the Nov. 1,2008  issue of the journal Sleep demonstrates a specific neurochemical problem in adults [...]

Pyridomorphinan May Help Prevent Alcohol Abuse

A study testing pyridomorphinan (SoRI-9409) derived from Naltrexone will be published in the December 2008 issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry.  The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) estimates 15.1 million people are alcohol abusing or alcohol dependent. There are at the present time only 3 FDA approved medications for the treatment of [...]

Electrical Brain Stimulator Helps Resistant Depression

A recent study of individuals with drug and treatment-resistant depression that received Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) in the subcallosal cingulate region of the brain (SCG or Cg25) indicates that deep brain stimulation is relatively safe and results in improvement in patients about one month after treatment. The improvement in the depression continued during the one [...]