Our brain often goes ‘offline’ during full-blown manic and psychotic episodes, which may affect our memory — and then cause ...

The research, published in the journal Brain, used functional MRI scans to monitor the ... diagnosis experience unpredictable episodes of depression and mania. The mania produces periods of ...

Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that used to be called manic depression ... There's no blood test or brain scan that can diagnose bipolar disorder. After doing a physical exam ...

A study that showed changes in the brain in those at risk of developing ... turned upside down when they experience their first manic episode. "We see a lot of bright, capable kids really enjoying ...

However, they were curious about how soon the brain changed after a person’s first manic episode. Researchers looked for distinctions between the images of the participants and a control group in ...

Bipolar disorder is characterized by intense mood swings, including episodes of mania and depression. While symptoms have long been clinically recognized, neuroscientific studies using bipolar brain ...

Detecting the biomarker in brain ... scans from 159 participants, including 105 who developed a psychotic disorder up to five years prior to testing. A psychotic disorder — schizophrenia, manic ...