Changing brains: why neuroscience is ending the Prozac era

theguardian.com - Mice are used in research into optogenetics, which suggests that even finer control of the brain may be possible. The psychiatric drug age may have reached its peak. Although mind-altering medications are being prescribed in record numbers, signs of a radically new approach to understanding and treating mental illness are emerging from the deep waters of neuroscience .

Pairing Brain Imaging Tools to Probe Abnormalities in Schizophrenia

psychcentral.com - Home » News » Technology News » Pairing Brain Imaging Tools to Probe Abnormalities in SchizophreniaBy Rick Nauert PhD Senior News EditorReviewed by John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on September 17, 2013In a new paper in the journal Biological Psychiatry , Fei Du, Ph.D., and colleagues at Harvard Medical School combined two types of brain imaging to analyze abnormalities in the white matter in schizophrenia