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By Brita Belli April 12, 2021 Share this with FacebookShare this with TwitterShare this with LinkedInShare this with EmailPrint this (Illustration by Michael S. Helfenbein) For all the attention paid to the short and long-term physical effects of COVID-19, the disease has serious mental health consequences, too.  In a new report, Yale researchers examine how the pandemic is affecting our brains — in particular the prefrontal cortex, the part of the brain that is involved in decision making, impulse control, and emotional regulation. For 44 to 66 million disadvantaged Americans, the researc...

 E-Mail New Haven, Conn. -- Alzheimer's disease is known for its slow attack on neurons crucial to memory and cognition. But why are these particular neurons in aging brains so susceptible to the disease's ravages, while others remain resilient? A new study led by researchers at the Yale School of Medicine has found that susceptible neurons in the prefrontal cortex develop a "leak" in calcium storage with advancing age, they report April 8 in the journal Alzheimer's & Dementia, The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association. This disruption of calcium storage in turns leads to accumulation of p...

 E-Mail The mental health research funder 1907 Research, Inc. announced the recipients of its first annual 1907 Trailblazer Awards today. The two-year grants, valued at over $120,000 each, were awarded to three promising scientists to pursue groundbreaking mental health research proposals: Dr. Benjamin Bartelle from Arizona State University, for his proposal "Accessing neuroimmunity with a domesticated Zika virus." Dr. Bartelle's fellowship is generously sponsored by the Kissick Family Foundation. Dr. Laura Lewis from Boston University, for her proposal "Linking sleep, cerebrospinal fluid fl...