A new study has found that any alteration to specific creative circuits in the brain can release a spur of creativity. While ...

Scientists have discovered a fascinating link between creativity and cognitive impairment. In addition to producing art and ...

Hypersomnia is a common but overlooked sleep issue in bipolar disorder. Learn how excessive sleep affects mood stability, ...

New research suggests that mood swings in bipolar disorder are regulated by two clocks: the body’s 24-hour circadian rhythm ...

A new study, led by USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI), will explore structural alterations in the brains of people with bipolar ... and ENIGMA-BD to map ...

Before lithium became available to treat this potentially devastating illness, bipolar I sufferers experienced repeated ...

Could the mania and depression seen in people with bipolar disorders stem from dysfunction of mitochondria deep in the brain? Animal studies are providing interesting clues. People with bipolar ...

Notably, the authors say this second dopamine-based clock probably stays dormant in healthy people ... in bipolar disorder. When they disrupted dopamine-producing neurons in the brain's reward ...

The brain is the part of the central nervous ... A multi-ancestry genome-wide study of 158,036 people with bipolar disorder and 2,796,499 control individuals identified 298 genomic regions ...

Bipolar disorder causes a person to experience intense shifts in mood. These shifts can also occur with changes in sexual desire, confidence, or function. However, it is important to note that ...

After four more novels — about ALS, autism, traumatic brain injury and ... There's a lot of judgment around people with bipolar who "go off their meds." And one of the things I hope people ...