Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) may not be as well-known as other forms like Alzheimer’s, but is just as devastating, so the discovery that commonly used drugs may reduce the risk of the disease ...

Jan. 2, 2025 — One or two doses of psilocybin, a compound found in psychedelic mushrooms, may improve the mental health of cancer patients when accompanied by psychotherapy, a new study suggests ...

While antidepressants are widely used to treat mood and anxiety disorders, only half of the patients will respond to antidepressant treatment and only one-third of patients experience a full ...

Paralytic drugs, or neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs), are powerful muscle relaxants used to prevent muscle movement during surgical procedures. They're also used during critical care, such as ...

which looked at the drug in Alzheimer’s disease. But Axovant said it will continue to develop nelotanserin to treat hallucinations in patients with Parkinson’s disease dementia, and is ...

A single dose of the anesthetic ketamine can provide weeks of relief from severe depression ... This "giving-up" behavior is used to test antidepressant drugs in animals, especially mice.

researchers may want to use zebrafish to study how particular psychiatric drugs interact with the brain. "Understanding the biology mechanistically is also important for drug discovery. If you know ...