Inhibitory "stop" neurons are actually responsible for driving the rhythmic limb movements of fruit flies through a unique ...

Is parallel visual processing a myth? A new study reveals that bipolar cells in the retina use electrical synapses to ...

A new Yale School of Medicine (YSM) study has uncovered surprising new details about how our eyes process what we see. When ...

Scientists placed 200,000 living human brain cells on a microchip and taught it how to play a doomsday video game — and are now using the dystopian tech to power AI data centers. Australian biotech ...

When we imagine bipolar disorder, we picture a pendulum between two equal poles, mania and depression, swinging from intense highs to deep lows. But what if they are not equal halves of the same ...

FIFTEEN YEARS ago Valerie Taylor, a psychiatrist at the University of Calgary, in Canada, was approached by two people with bipolar disorder, a severe mental illness involving manic and depressive ...

Selena Gomez and husband Benny Blanco candidly discussed managing her bipolar disorder together. Gomez appeared on Tuesday’s episode of Blanco’s podcast, “Friends Keep Secrets,” and in a conversation ...

The death of "Lizzie McGuire" star Robert Carradine was the culmination of a longtime battle with mental illness, according to the actor's family. Carradine, best known for his roles in the Disney ...

The FDA has approved milsaperidone (Bysanti, Vanda Pharmaceuticals) as first-line treatment for acute manic or mixed episodes associated with bipolar I disorder and for the treatment of schizophrenia ...

While medication is a cornerstone of treatment for bipolar disorder, complementary approaches can make those meds more effective and reduce the intensity and frequency of bipolar cycles. That's where ...

Kanye West has been candid about his mental health struggles and how his bipolar type-1 diagnosis has affected him. West, who goes by the name Ye, revealed in 2018 that he was diagnosed with bipolar ...

Kanye West has been candid about his mental health battle over the years. In 2016, West, who also goes by the name Ye, was hospitalized after abruptly canceling a concert. Two years later, West ...