Many common mental health disorders, including depression and anxiety, are associated with a tendency to internalize problems ...

The causes of autism spectrum disorder are poorly understood; some studies have indicated that there are genetic links, but that doesn’t explain every autism case. Scientists have now found that a ...

Researchers at UCLA Health have found that a person's risk of developing psychotic-like experiences may be influenced by both childhood attention problems and their genetic makeup. The findings, ...

Parents can transmit a genetic risk for alcohol problems to their children not only directly, but also indirectly via genetically influenced aspects of the home environment, such as marital discord or ...

A new study published today in The American Journal of Human Genetics has identified 44 genes linked to age-related hearing loss giving a much clearer understanding of how the condition develops and ...

It’s well known that experiencing adverse events in childhood (such as maltreatment, domestic violence, or parental substance abuse) is associated with mental health problems. But, despite decades of ...

However, there are also some commonalities in these approaches when one scratches beneath the surface. Results from behavioral and molecular genetics studies clearly imply that alcohol dependence is ...

The loss of mitochondrial information and of mitochondria gives rise to defective cell metabolism. As well as the lack of capacity to generate the energy necessary for the cells, the loss of ...

With genetic rescue, introducing unrelated individuals from another population can alleviate these genetic problems." "It allows natural selection to increase the amount of beneficial genetic material ...