Jibran Khokhar
Neuropsychopharmacologist; co-occurring addiction/mental illness @queensu/@UofT/@Dartmouth Assist. Professor @UofG @OntVetCollege. PI @JKhokharLab
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Neuronal deletion of <i>Gtf2i</i>, associated with Williams syndrome, causes behavioral and myelin alterations rescuable by a remyelinating drug
Barak et al. show that deletion of Gtf2i, a gene deleted in Williams syndrome, from the excitatory neurons of the forebrain reduced myelin thickness and axonal conduction. Rescuing myelination with a US Food and Drug Administration-approved drug...
A surprising role for myelin in Williams syndrome
A new study reveals an unexpected mechanism underlying behavioral abnormalities in the neurodevelopmental disorder Williams syndrome. A deficit in myelination, resulting from the deletion of a Williams syndrome-associated gene in forebrain...
Opposite effects of dopamine and serotonin on resting-state networks: review and implications for psychiatric disorders
Opposite effects of dopamine and serotonin on resting-state networks: review and implications for psychiatric disorders
The Giants at the Heart of the Opioid Crisis
Civil suits filed by three states accuse pharmaceutical distributors of flooding the country with opioids while devising systems to evade regulators.
Teens who vape getting as much nicotine as tobacco smoking and don't know it
New study is one of the first to show through urine samples how much nicotine young people are getting from e-cigarettes.
Amygdala Reward Neurons Form and Store Fear Extinction Memory
The ability to extinguish conditioned fear memory is critical for adaptive control of fear response, and its impairment is a hallmark of emotional disorders like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Fear extinction is thought to take place when...
A Small Part of the Brain, and Its Profound Effects
The insula is a long-neglected brain region that has emerged as crucial to understanding what it feels like to be human.
How one Canadian non-profit provides PhDs with valuable work experience in medical affairs
“The traits and abilities which make medical science liaisons successful are the same that make a successful doctoral or postdoctoral scientist,” says the founder of Meristem Health.
The rise of an uncaring Canada
Andray Domise: What's behind hardening attitudes towards migrants? Some basic ignorance about the life of refugees and the reality of immigration in this country.
Kentucky’s Senator McConnell Supports Bill to Raise Minimum Age to Buy Tobacco to 21
Seeking re-election to a seventh term, the senator cited the rise in teenage vaping as a reason to curtail sales of tobacco and other products.
Shared Cortex-Cerebellum Dynamics in the Execution and Learning of a Motor Task
Simultaneous recordings of ensembles of individual neurons in the neocortex and cerebellum
provide a view of how these two brain regions learn together.
B.C.'s illicit drug market sees rise in animal tranquilizer, illegal anxiety medication
Resurgence of carfentanil and introduction of etizolam serve as a snapshot of the volatility in B.C.'s unregulated drug supply as the province marks three years since declaring a public-health emergency due to overdoses
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