News tagged with anti depressant

Montrealers are feeding fish Prozac

Around one in four Montrealers take some kind of anti-depressant, and according to new research, the drugs are passing into the waterways and affecting fish. The findings are internationally significant as ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jan 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

One-in-six elderly dementia patients receiving anti-psychotic drugs

More than one in six elderly patients across Scotland with dementia are being prescribed anti-psychotic drugs known to be of limited benefit and causing significant harm, a major study carried out at the University of Dundee ...

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Comfort food' a stress killer: Australian study

A high-fat, high-sugar diet could have the same effect on brain chemistry as mood-altering drugs, giving scientific support to the craving for "comfort food", Australian researchers said Tuesday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gene knockout may cheer up mice

Removing the PKCI/HINT1 gene from mice has an anti-depressant-like and anxiolytic-like effect. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Neuroscience applied a battery of behavioral tests to the PKCI/HINT1 knocko ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0