Columbia University has presented non-hallucinogenic ariadne analogues acting as 5-HT2A receptor agonists reported to be useful for the treatment of depression, among other disorders.
C2orf82, also known as small novel rich in cartilage (SNORC), is a gene located on chromosome 2 that is known to play a role in chondrocyte maturation.
At first blush, to say that depression occurs with other diseases may seem like belaboring the obvious. After all, to put it in the bluntest possible terms, it’s sad to be sick. But by looking more closely, it soon becomes clear that the association is stronger than that. The strongest association between depression and other diseases, Stefan Gold told the audience at the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) annual conference in Vienna this week, is “not necessarily the most severe or most immediately life-threatening disorders… [it’s] across the spectrum."
The use of cannabis and childhood trauma have been proposed as environmental factors impacting the risk of psychosis. Recent findings have suggested a link between genetic variants in the cannabinoid receptor 1 gene (CNR1) and cannabis use with the risk of psychosis development.
Medshine Discovery Inc. has presented new pyrimidine derivatives acting as leucine-rich repeat serine/threonine-protein kinase 2 (LRRK2; dardarin) inhibitors reported to be useful for the treatment of neurodegeneration.
Tyrosine kinase SYK (spleen tyrosine kinase), an enzyme involved in immune signaling, could play a key role in Alzheimer's disease (AD), multiple sclerosis (MS), and other neurodegenerative diseases, according to a study from the University of Virginia (UVA). SYK regulates the activity of microglia, preventing the accumulation of secretions associated with AD or MS produced in these pathologies.