Mount Sinai Researchers Identify New Drug Target for Depression and Neuropathic Pain
April 29, 2013 
Increased levels of brain protein in response to antidepressants may lead to new therapies

New York Daily News - How to Talk to Kids about Disasters: Six Ways to Help Your Children Cope – Tracy Miller
April 19, 2013 

WNYW-TV (Channel 5) - Experts: It’s Normal to Feel Stressed Out– Dan Bowens
April 18, 2013 

HealthDay - Helping Children Make Sense of the Senseless – Lisa Esposito
April 17, 2013 

The Globe and Mail - Team Finds DNA Link Between Ethnicity and Immunity
April 17, 2013 

MedPage Today - Migraine in Kids Linked with Colic as Baby – Nancy Walsh
April 16, 2013 

Autism Science Foundation - Autism Science Foundation Announces 2013 Grant Recipients
April 15, 2013 

Medscape Today - Novel, Effective Antidepressant Still Not Ready for Prime Time – Nancy A. Melville
April 12, 2013 

Medical News Today - Preventive Measures, Genetic Risks, New Diagnostic Tools Needed To Identify Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury in Athletes, Soldiers
April 9, 2013 

Global Post - Dementia Costlier than Cancer, Heart Disease
April 3, 2013 

MedPage Today - Dementia Tab Set to Top $200 Billion – Kathleen Struck
April 3, 2013 

News-Medical.net – "Studies Examine Existing Opportunity to Improve Interventions, Outcomes of TBI in Older Adults"
March 30, 2013 

News-Medical.net - "Mount Sinai Experts to Educate Families on Identifying Signs, Symptoms of ASD"
March 30, 2013 

The New York Times - Grandfathers’ Age Linked to Autism – Nicholas Bakalar
March 29, 2013 

Newsday – "Device Tested To Treat Aggressive Brain Tumors" – Delthia Ricks
March 27, 2013 

MedPage Today – "Analysis: Few Surprises with New MS Drugs" – John Gever
March 27, 2013 

Wall Street Journal – "Fighting Parkinson's Drug Side Effects" – Shirley S. Wang
March 25, 2013 

Science – "NFL Kicks Off Brain Injury Research Effort" – Emily Underwood
March 22, 2013 

ABCNews.com - "Two More Compounding Pharmacies Recall Drugs Over Infection Fears" – Sydney Lupkin
March 20, 2013 

New York Times Magazine “6th Floor” Blog - "A ‘Sham Procedure’ Leads to Disappointing M.S. News" – Paul Tullis
March 20, 2013 

HealthDay - "Having Older Grandfather May Raise Child's Autism Risk: Study" – E.J. Mundell
March 20, 2013 

MedPage Today - "AAN: Novel Drugs Ease Troubling PD Symptoms" – John Gever
March 18, 2013 

HealthDay - "High Blood Pressure May Add to Alzheimer's Risk, Study Finds" – Steven Reinberg
March 18, 2013 

Clinical Psychiatry News - "Parkinson's Symptoms Improved In New Drug Trials" – Elizabeth Mechatie
March 14, 2013 

Fierce Biotech - "Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Awarded More Than $5 Million from NIH To Study Neurological Voice Disorder"
March 14, 2013 

News-Medical.net - "NIH-Sponsored Comparative Trial Evaluates Benefits of Combination Therapy and Monotherapy In MS"
March 12, 2013 

Bio-Medicine - "Common MS Drugs Taken Together Do Not Reduce Relapse Risk"
March 12, 2013 

HealthDay – Brain Scans May Explain Thinking, Memory Problems in Some MS Patients – Denise Mann
March 6, 2013 

Fox News – Leptomeningeal Carcinomatosis: Valerie Harper's Diagnosis Explained – Jessica Ryen Doyle
March 6, 2013 

New York Daily News – Youthful Tic Disorders, Such as Tourette's, Usually Do Not Last a Lifetime – Katie Charles
March 6, 2013 

NBC News – Today Show – Total Memory Makeover
March 5, 2013 

Reuters Health – Childhood ADHD May Lead to Troubles Later On: Study – Andrew M. Seaman
March 4, 2013 

Psychiatric Times – New Research: Mood Disorders – Laurie Martin
February 28, 2013 

HealthDay – Scientists Pinpoint How Deep Brain Stimulation Eases OCD – Amanda Gardner
February 24, 2013 

redOrbit – Children More Likely to Develop Food Allergies Because of Their Race
February 24, 2013 

Medscape – Potential Cause of Depression Identified
February 20, 2013 

The New York Times – Yankees Cautious After Hughes Injures His Back – Scott Cacciola
February 20, 2013 

Broadway World – Panel on Jungian and Freudian Analysis to Follow February 22nd Performance of Secrets
February 20, 2013 

Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Promising Drug Target for Depression
February 17, 2013 
Decreased expression of a protein called Rac1 may be a primary cause of depression, according to a new study in human and mouse brains.

US News and World Report – Why the Fascination with Twilight? – Rachel Pomerance
February 11, 2013 

HealthDay – Tai Chi Might Help Stroke Survivors Avoid Falls – Robert Preidt
February 6, 2013 

WHBF-TV CBS 4 News – New Technology for Brain Surgery Residents – Ines Ferre
February 5, 2013 

Annals of Internal Medicine - Editorial
February 4, 2013 

HealthDay, U.S. News and World Report, CBS News - Exercising at Midlife May Stave Off Dementia Down the Road
February 4, 2013 

Science News - A New Generation of Antidepressants Could Help Patients Feel Better Faster
February 1, 2013 

MSN Healthy Living - 12 Symptoms to Never Tough Out – Sudden Headache
February 1, 2013 

New York Daily News - The Daily Checkup: Mood Disorders Are Now Seen As Common In Children And Adolescents
January 30, 2013 

NY 1 - President's Gun Violence Plan Stresses Mental Health Treatment For At-Risk Youth
January 28, 2013 

Science Codex - Diabetic Fruit Flies Support Buzz about Dietary Sugar Dangers
January 17, 2013 

WNYW-TV - Deep Brain Stimulation To Treat Parkinson's Disease
January 17, 2013 

Slate.com - Is the Neurodiversity Movement Misrepresenting Autism?
January 16, 2013 

New York Daily News - Being Depressed After A Heart Attack Or Stroke Can Be Deadly — Here’s What You Can Do About It
January 15, 2013 

News-Medical.net - White Matter Abnormalities May Indicate Genetic Risk for Bipolar Disorder
January 14, 2013 

New York Daily News - The Daily Checkup: Learn How to Shoulder the Pain of Those Rotator-Cuff Injuries
January 9, 2013 

TIME.com - Ketamine: Leading the Way Toward Fast-Acting Antidepressants
January 8, 2013 

HealthDay - Meds May Spur Compulsive Behaviors in Some Parkinson's Patients: Study
January 7, 2013 

MedPage Today - Common BP Med May Lower Risk of Dementia
January 7, 2013 

HealthDay - Brain Injury Doesn't Raise Dementia Risk For Most: Study
January 4, 2013 

Fox News - New Technology Gives Hope To Paralyzed Patients
December 27, 2012 

Rehab Management - TBI Linked To Higher Risk of Older Adult Mortality, Not Dementia, Researchers Say
December 27, 2012 

HealthDay - Eye Scan Could Help Track Progress of Multiple Sclerosis
December 21, 2012 

National Online Review - Fear and the Sandy Hook Shootings
December 19, 2012 

Harlem World - Mount Sinai Leaders Open The Leon and Norma Hess Center
December 14, 2012 

Facts about How Mount Sinai is Researching and Treating Brain Diseases
December 14, 2012 
The Mount Sinai Medical Center is one of the world’s leading institutions in discovering better ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat serious brain diseases.

MSNBC - Biotie's Tozadenant (SYN115) Meets Primary and Multiple Secondary Endpoints in Phase 2b Study in Parkinson's Disease
December 10, 2012 

USA Today - New Multiple Sclerosis Medications Offer Options
December 9, 2012 

WCBS-TV - Mount Sinai Unveils Exoskeleton That Allows Paralyzed Patients To Walk
December 6, 2012 

Huffington Post - Psychological First Aid: Mental Health Care After Hurricane Sandy
December 5, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Reduction in Myelin Production May Also Play a Role in Development of Mental Illness
November 29, 2012 

Science Daily - Changes in Nerve Cells May Contribute to the Development of Mental Illness
November 28, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Study Provides New Insight Into Human Cognitive Function and Risk for Neurological Diseases
November 22, 2012 

GenomeWeb - Human-Specific Histone Methylation Signatures Found in Prefrontal Cortex
November 21, 2012 

Short DNA Strands in the Genome May be Key to Understanding Human Cognition and Diseases
November 20, 2012 
Previously discarded, human-specific “junk” DNA represents untapped resource in the study of diseases like Alzheimer’s and autism

BioWorld - Myelination Exhibits Plasticity, Links to Behavior in Adult Brain
November 16, 2012 

The New York Times - For Alzheimer’s, Detection Advances Outpace Treatment Options
November 15, 2012 

Changes in Nerve Cells Caused by Social Isolation May Contribute to the Development of Mental Illness
November 11, 2012 
Reduced production of myelin, a type of nerve fiber that is lost in diseases like MS, may also play a role in the development of mental illness.

FOXNews.com - New Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis
November 6, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Anterior Insular Cortex Associated With Human Empathy
October 25, 2012 

The Saturday Evening Post - If It’s Boring, I’m Done!
October 24, 2012 

NPR - Treatment For Alzheimer's Should Start Years Before Disease Sets In
October 17, 2012 

New York Daily News - The Daily Checkup: Neuromodulation Is Offering Long-Term Relief Against Chronic Pain And Suffering
October 17, 2012 

New York Daily News - Depression May Be Linked To An 'Allergy' To Stress
October 16, 2012 

NPR - Brain Scientists Uncover New Links Between Stress And Depression
October 15, 2012 

FOXNews.com - Depression May Be Caused By 'Allergy' To Stress
October 15, 2012 

Mount Sinai Researchers Unveil New Targets for Depression at Neuroscience 2012
October 15, 2012 
Scientists presented important discoveries on the involvement of the immune system and dopamine on the onset of depression.

Medical News Today - Discovery Of Genes In An Animal Model Of Opiate Addiction May Lead To New Drug Target For Treatment
October 9, 2012 

News-Medical.net - New Insight Into Basis Of Opiate Addiction
October 8, 2012 

Mount Sinai Researchers Find Brain Mechanism Behind Opioid Addiction
October 5, 2012 
Chronic morphine exposure has the opposite effect on the brain compared to cocaine in mice, providing new insight into the basis of opiate addiction

Mount Sinai Researcher Receives Prestigious National Institutes of Health Award
September 13, 2012 
Anne Schaefer, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Psychiatry, has been recognized with the Director's New Innovator Award.

Associated Press - IRX4204 as a Potential Disease-Modifying Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease
September 13, 2012 

Yahoo News - Anne Schaefer, MD, PhD, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine Receives Prestigious National Institutes of Health Director’s New Innovator Award
September 13, 2012 

News-Medical.net – Mount Sinai Scientists Identify Cancer’s Achilles Heel
September 11, 2012 

The New York Times - Why Fathers Really Matter
September 8, 2012 
That food and poison change us is not all that surprising, even if it is surprising how far down the change goes. What is unexpected are the psychological dimensions of epigenetics.

PharmaBiz - NIH Awards $100M for Autism Centers of Excellence Research Program
September 6, 2012 

Nurse.com - Links Between PTSD, Eating Disorders Become Stronger, Require RNs To Focus On Assessment
September 3, 2012 

Researchers Identify Area Of The Brain That Processes Empathy
September 1, 2012 
An international team led by Mount Sinai School of Medicine has shown that one area of the brain is the only activity center of empathy.

FOXNews.com - Current Treatment Options for Multiple Sclerosis
August 31, 2012 

The New York Times - An Effort Aims to Use Biomarkers to Pinpoint PTSD
August 30, 2012 

WABC-TV - Botox Helps Musician Suffering from Spasm
August 15, 2012 

Medical News Today - Research Provides New Clues For Schizophrenia Drug Development
August 14, 2012 

Medical.net - Latrepiridine Reduces Level Of At Least Two Neurodegeneration-Related Proteins In Mice?
August 14, 2012 

Researchers Rediscover Potential of Rejected Alzheimer’s Drug to Arrest Progression of Disease in Mice
August 8, 2012 
Study Suggests that Latrepirdine, Which Previously Failed in Clinical Trials, May Be Successful if Tested on Patients with Earlier Stages of the Disease

Medical Express - Rejected Alzheimer's Drug Shows New Potential
July 31, 2012 

Wayne Goodman, MD, Receives Career Achievement Award from International OCD Foundation
July 28, 2012 
The honor was presented to Dr. Goodman at the 19th Annual International OCD Foundation Conference in Chicago.

News-Medical.net - New Algorithm Can Help Scientists Predict Gene And Drug Interactions
July 25, 2012 

Drug Discovery News - Cancer Research Portal Exclusive: Flying In The Face Of Convention
June 22, 2012 

Mount Sinai Performs First Imaging Test to Detect Alzheimer's Disease in the Clinical Setting
June 20, 2012 
The new technique is expected to play a critical role in Alzheimer's disease diagnosis and in research leading to a cure.

Mount Sinai Researcher Receives Career-Starter Research Grant for 2012-2013
June 20, 2012 
Hirofumi Morishita, MD, PhD, receives a Career-Starter Research Grant for 2012-2013 from the Knights Templar Eye Foundation.

New York Daily News - What Is Jack Osbourne’s Multiple Sclerosis Prognosis? Celeb Son, 26, Diagnosed With Autoimmune Disease
June 18, 2012 

KevinMD.com - What Can Be Done For Children With Migraine Headaches?
June 10, 2012 

HealthCanal.com - Mount Sinai Researchers Develop A Multi-Target Approach To Treating Tumors
June 10, 2012 

New York Daily News - The Daily Checkup: Adopting Healthy Lifestyle Is The Best Way To Reduce The Risk Of A Stroke
June 6, 2012 

Associated Press - Study Links Athletic, Military Brain Injuries
May 16, 2012 

Wine Spectator - Study Finds Hope in Treating Alzheimer's With Wine Polyphenol
May 15, 2012 

HealthDay - Trial Set to See if Drug Can Prevent Alzheimer's
May 15, 2012 

ABCNews.com - Critics Call Government's Alzheimer's Plan Unrealistic
May 15, 2012 

HealthDay - FDA Issues Warning on Controversial MS Treatment
May 10, 2012 

PsychCentral - Chronic Cocaine Use Rewires the Brain
May 10, 2012 

Reuters - Psychiatric Guide Drops Two Disputed Diagnoses
May 10, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Grape-Derived Compound May Prevent Neurodegenerative Disorders Involving Tau Neuropathology
May 2, 2012 

American Medical News - Physical Activity Could Reduce Alzheimer’s Risk, Study Finds
April 30, 2012 

ABCNews.com - Romney's MS Scare Highlights Variable, Unpredictable Disease
April 26, 2012 

New York Daily News - In Treating Autism, The Earlier The Better For Behavioral Therapy, Says Mount Sinai Specialist
April 25, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Clinical Trial To Evaluate IGF-1 In Children With SHANK3 Deficiency
April 25, 2012 

Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News - Experimental Gel May Help Those with Advanced Parkinson's
April 23, 2012 

Science Daily – Intravenous Vaccination Promotes Brain Plasticity and Prevents Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease
April 23, 2012 

NewsMedical.net - LCIG Improves Quality of Life, Reduces Symptoms of Parkinson's
April 21, 2012 

HealthDay - Experimental Gel May Help Those with Advanced Parkinson's
April 18, 2012 

New York Daily News - Researchers Find Three More Genes Implicated In Autism; Some Evidence to Explain Why the Disorder Occurs More Frequently Among Children of Older Parents
April 9, 2012 

Newsday - Studies Link New Gene Mutations to Autism
April 6, 2012 

PsychCentral - Three New Genes Found to Influence Autism
April 5, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Cannabinoid Drugs Can Directly Inhibit HIV In Late-Stage AIDS
March 21, 2012 

Science Daily: Marijuana-Like Chemicals Inhibit Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in Late-State AIDS
March 20, 2012 

WebMD - One in Seven People with Alzheimer’s Lives Alone
March 8, 2012 

USA Today - Modern Wars Influence Psychiatric Thought
February 29, 2012 

The Wall Street Journal - The Genetic Ripple Effect of Hardship
February 28, 2012 

Barron’s - Is Hope Near?
February 25, 2012 

My Health News Daily - Post-Traumatic Stress Replicated in Mice
February 23, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Mount Sinai Receives Le Foundation Gift For Psychiatric Neuroimaging Study
February 23, 2012 

ABCNews.com - Alzheimer's Disease: Drug Sparks Hope, Desperation
February 14, 2012 

WebMD - Overeating May Raise Risk for Memory Problems
February 12, 2012 

NBC Nightly News - Cancer Drug May Help Alzheimer’s Patients
February 11, 2012 

The Wall Street Journal - Alzheimer's Families Clamor for Drug
February 11, 2012 

Scientific American - Alzheimer's Disease Symptoms Reversed in Mice
February 9, 2012 

AARP - Exercising the Body, Using the Brain May Ward Off Alzheimer’s Disease
February 8, 2012 

Medical News Today - Memory Function – Decaffeinated Coffee May Help
February 5, 2012 

Scientific American - Brain Injury Rate Seven Times Greater Among U.S. Prisoners
February 4, 2012 

WebMD - Senior Moment or Something Worse? Yes-No Test May Tell
February 3, 2012 

Reuters - Lilly Alzheimer's Drug An Unlikely Ace In The Hole
February 2, 2012 

News-Medical.net - Decaffeinated Coffee May Improve Brain Energy Metabolism Linked With Type 2 Diabetes
February 1, 2012 

The New York Times - Path Is Found for the Spread of Alzheimer’s
February 1, 2012 

Scientific American - Obama’s War on Alzheimer’s: Will We Be Able to Treat the Disease by 2025?
January 31, 2012 

Scientific American - Drug Addiction May Make Users More Vulnerable to Stress
January 30, 2012 

HealthDay - Winter Doldrums Got You Down? Here's How To Bounce Back
January 28, 2012 

ABCNews.com - Stem Cell Tech May Aid Alzheimer’s Research
January 25, 2012 

New York Daily News - Comprehensive $5 Million Autistic Center To Open In Howard Beach
January 25, 2012 

ABCNews.com - Brain Games May Help Thwart Alzheimer’s: Study
January 23, 2012 

Reuters - Analysis: Goal for Alzheimer's Drug by 2025 too Ambitious?
January 20, 2012 

Huffington Post - Does Alcohol Help Prevent Alzheimer's?
January 19, 2012 

HealthDay - U.S. Wants to Buttress Alzheimer's Arsenal by 2025
January 18, 2012 

Buffalo Business First – Buffalo Researcher Recognized For Depression Study
January 11, 2012 

ABC News – Explosion in Treatment Advances for Multiple Sclerosis
January 5, 2012 

ABCNews.com – Hormone in Women Linked to Dementia, Study Finds
January 2, 2012 

The Washington Post – The Aging Brain
December 5, 2011 

Science Daily – Clues to Developing More Effective Antipsychotic Drugs Discovered
November 26, 2011 

Gene that Causes Type 2 Diabetes May Also Cause Alzheimer’s
July 18, 2011 
Researchers have found that a gene that causes diabetes kills nerve cells in the brain, possibly resulting in Alzheimer’s disease.

A Natural Chemical Found in Grape Seeds May Prevent Development or Progression of Alzheimer’s
July 15, 2011 
Mount Sinai researchers found that polyphenols, a natural extract found in grapes, may help prevent or treat Alzheimer’s disease.

Mount Sinai Celebrates the “Topping Off” of the New Center for Science and Medicine Building
February 7, 2011 
Set to open in 2012, CSM will bring nearly a half-million square-feet of new, state-of-the-art medical research and clinical facilities to Mount Sinai.

Mount Sinai Researchers Find That Little-Studied Gene May Boost Long-Term Memory and Enhance Cognition
January 26, 2011 
Treatment with a gene called IGF-II significantly improved long-term memory. When the gene was blocked, long-term memories could not form.

Mount Sinai Researchers Make Groundbreaking Discovery on Origin of Brain’s Immune Cells
October 21, 2010 
New study could lead to new treatments for degenerative brain diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, and autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis.

Mount Sinai Researcher Awarded Renowned Institute of Medicine Prize for Outstanding Achievements in Improving Mental Health
October 11, 2010 
Dr. Eric Nestler honored for his work and achievements in addiction science.

Antihypertensive Drugs May Protect against Alzheimer’s Disease and Promote Healthy Memory
June 24, 2010 
Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found that a blood pressure drug may lessen the impact of Alzheimer’s disease and promote healthy memory.

New Autism Susceptibility Genes Identified; Autism Genome Project Phase 2 Results Published in Nature
June 9, 2010 
In collaboration with the Autism Genome Project, Mount Sinai has published phase 2 data on gene variants that may lead to new autism treatments.

Mount Sinai Researchers Identify First Drug to Demonstrate Effect in an Animal Model of a Type of Autism
May 20, 2010 
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have identified a drug that improves communication between nerve cells in a mouse model of an autism subtype.

Yasmin L. Hurd, PhD, Named Director of MD-PhD Program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine
April 2, 2010 
Yasmin L. Hurd, PhD, has been appointed Director of the MD/PhD program at Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Her appointment is effective April 1.

Wayne K. Goodman, MD, Honored with Mysell Lecture By Harvard Medical School
March 24, 2010 
Wayne K. Goodman, MD, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Mount Sinai, has been selected to deliver the prestigious Mysell Lecture at Harvard.

New Mount Sinai Support Groups Will Address the Needs of Parkinson's and Dystonia Patients and Their Caregivers
January 5, 2010 
Mount Sinai launches four new support groups to assist patients with Parkinson's disease and dystonia. Topics of discussion will include nutrition, new therapies, and caregiver needs.

Mount Sinai Researcher Led Study to Determine If Drug Slows Progression of Parkinson's Disease
September 24, 2009 
C. Warren Olanow, MD, Professor and Chairman Emeritus, Department of Neurology, led an 18-month study on whether a drug used to treat Parkinson's actually slows disease progression.

Mount Sinai Research Identifies Brain Mechanisms Associated with Borderline Personality Disorder
September 3, 2009 
Through real-time imaging, researchers have collected evidence to suggest that neurological networks that help regulate emotion do not activate in patients with borderline personality disorder.

Mount Sinai Finds Differences in Brain Scans of Patients with Borderline Personality Disorder
March 5, 2009 
New research conducted by Mount Sinai physicians suggests that the brain activity of people with borderline personality disorder is different from that of people without the disorder.

New Psychiatric Program at The Mount Sinai Medical Center Addresses Special Needs of Multiple Sclerosis Patients
February 26, 2009 
The new program provides for an on-site psychiatrist to assist in the identification and management of psychiatric and psychological disorders in patients with MS, including depression.

Gene Mutations Identified As Cause of Primary Torsion Dystonia
February 3, 2009 
Mount Sinai researchers have identified mutations in gene THAP1 as a cause of primary torsion dystonia. The discovery may lead to new treatments for this debilitating disease.