The image is a cross-section of a rodent cerebellum stained to show cell bodies (blue) and parvalbumin calcium binding proteins (pink). A new University of Iowa study finds that frequency-specific stimulation of the cerebellum normalizes brain activity in the frontal cortex and corrects...
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By Aleksandra Vujicic Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry A University of Iowa Psychiatry Professor who has devoted 30 years to studying and using Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) to treat patients with depression and a number of other mental health issues, is now applying the...
By Aleksandra Vujicic Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry Sixty-three-year-old Brenda Griffith was first diagnosed with depression two decades ago. “I couldn’t feel,” she said. “I lost the ability to feel anything positive or just feel good about things because I felt dead inside...
By Aleksandra Vujicic Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry University of Iowa leaders recently unveiled a new hub for neuroscience research to tackle some of the most challenging psychiatric and neurologic diseases. The Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust donated an unprecedented $45...
By Aleksandra Vujicic Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry A pair of University of Iowa clinicians, who have devoted much of their careers to developing and studying the effectiveness of a treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD), have released a new book that combines...
By ANDY GOODELL Communications Coordinator, Department of Psychiatry Major depressive disorder impacts the lives of many people and their families. It can become an almost insurmountable challenge when those with this diagnosis begin to experience resistance to conventional medications currently...
A new class of compounds has now been shown to protect brain cells from the type of damage caused by blast-mediated traumatic brain injury (TBI). Mice that were treated with these compounds 24-36 hours after experiencing TBI from a blast injury were protected from the harmful effects of TBI, including problems with learning, memory, and movement.
Nancy C. Andreasen, MD, PhD, a Professor who holds the Andrew H. Woods Chair in Psychiatry, wrote a captivating article on the “Secrets of the Creative Brain,” which is featured in the July/August 2014 issue of The Atlantic, among the nation’s leading magazines. The article is based on Andreasen’s...
University of Iowa researchers have discovered a new form of neurotransmission that influences the long-lasting memory created by addictive drugs, like cocaine and opioids, and the subsequent craving for these drugs of abuse. Loss of this type of neurotransmission creates changes in brains cells that resemble the changes caused by drug addiction.
A University of Iowa study confirms that pathological gambling runs in families and shows that first-degree relatives of pathological gamblers are eight times more likely to develop this problem in their lifetime than relatives of people without pathological gambling.