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Fish under the Influence Reveal How Psychedelics Work
21.04.2024
Brain & Behavior

A Weizmann Institute method for tracking the effects of drugs on zebrafish may help develop improved therapies for depression and other mood-...

A section of a mouse brain under the microscope. The yellow color shows the complex structure of a mature oligodendrocyte, with numerous branches that reach out to the surrounding cells
Vive la Différence: Brain Cells of Males and Females Respond Differently to Chronic Stress
01.08.2023
Brain & Behavior, Personalized Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Diagnostic Techniques and Drugs

A new study in mice could pave the way to personalized therapy for depression, anxiety and other stress-related disorders known to produce...

Changing the Channel: Study Sheds New Light on a Promising Antidepressant
Changing the Channel: Study Sheds New Light on a Promising Antidepressant
31.05.2022
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics, Genetics

A newly revealed mechanism of ketamine’s action on potassium channels in neurons may lead to improved therapies for depression

Maskit Golan, "Isolation and staring at the horizon during COVID-19"
“Emotional COVID-19”: How the Global Pandemic Affected the Mental Well-Being of Israelis
08.08.2021
Life Sciences, Brain & Behavior

Using comprehensive digital questionnaires, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers map out the impact that COVID-19 has had on the levels...

CRFR1 -- only for emergencies
Receptive to Stress
26.05.2016
Brain & Behavior

A stress receptor in the brain is found to regulate metabolic responses to stressful situations differently in male and female mice

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Tiny Molecule Could Help Diagnose and Treat Mental Disorders
19.06.2014
Brain & Behavior, Molecular and Cell Biology, Disease, Drugs & Diagnostics

Weizmann Institute scientists “fingerprint” a culprit in depression, anxiety and other mood disorders

 

(l-r) Prof. Dr. Peter Gruss, President of the Max Planck Society, Prof. Daniel Zajfman, President of the Weizmann Institute with the signed agreement
New German-Israeli Laboratory Inaugurated at the Weizmann Institute
05.03.2014
Brain & Behavior

The Weizmann Institute's Prof. Alon Chen will head the Lab

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A tumor sample from a human patient with the most common type of lung cancer (adenocarcinoma). Senescent cells are highlighted by their expression of the p16 (red) and the PD-L1 (green) proteins. Cell nuclei are in blue

Unclogging the Immune System

MRI brain scans of mice with Gaucher disease Type III. The scan of a mouse that received the new treatment (left) shows a significant reduction in tissue inflammation (blue) compared to an untreated mouse (right)

Improving the Recipe for Gene Therapy

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The Weizmann Institute of Science Ranked among the World’s Top Ten Academic Institutions
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26.08.2024
A Discovery to Set Your Heart a-Knocking
An image of tissue from the human small intestine obtained with the help of fluorescent dyes that made it possible to mark numerous proteins in parallel, thereby mapping out the various proteins produced in each part of the intestinal villi
07.08.2024
Navigating the Digestive Tract
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