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EXPERT REACTION: Motor neurone disease linked to use of common psychiatric medications EXPERT REACTION: Motor neurone disease linked to use of common psychiatric medications People who use common psychiatric medications are more likely to develop amyotrophic lateral sclerosis - the…

🧠 Motor neurone disease has been linked to the use of common psychiatric medications and experts from #UQ #UNSW and #TheFlorey respond to the research

Babies who sleep less are more likely to grow up with autistic traits Babies who sleep less are more likely to grow up with autistic traits Babies who sleep less or have poorer sleep quality are more likely to develop autistic traits and subsequently be diagnosed with…

👶 Babies who sleep less or have poorer sleep quality are more likely to develop #autistic traits and subsequently be diagnosed with #autism, according to #TheFlorey @mcri.bsky.social #UniMelb

Higher ayahuasca use linked to better mental health among users Higher ayahuasca use linked to better mental health among users Among users of ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used by shamans in South America, higher use is linked to better mental…

😵 Among users of ayahuasca, a psychoactive brew traditionally used by shamans in South America, higher use is linked to better mental health @westernsydneyu.bsky.social #Swinburne #TheFlorey #UniMelb have found

Faster mutation rate in neurons provides new clues for multiple sclerosis progression

🧠 Inflammation – long associated with MS – appears to cause increased mutations linked to MS progression, says #TheFlorey

Shining a light on “dark kinase” PSKH1

🧬 @wehi-research.bsky.social #UniMelb @monashuniversity.bsky.social @garvaninstitute.bsky.social #UNSW #TheFlorey researchers have learned about how the understudied kinase PSKH1 is regulated in cells

First Aus-NZ clinical guidance developed for people living with multiple sclerosis

📜 The first clinical consensus statement for managing multiple sclerosis in Australia and NZ has been released - @monashuniversity.bsky.social @sydneyuni.bsky.social #usc #UniMelb @flindersuniversity.bsky.social @uni-newcastle.bsky.social #TheFlorey @utas.edu.au @griffith.edu.au

Food choices linked to depression and Alzheimer’s disease

🧠 #EdithCowanUni @murdoch.edu.au #Macquarie_Uni #TheFlorey say diet could influence the risk of both depression and Alzheimer’s disease. Evidence suggests that depressive symptoms are both a risk factor for AD and a reaction to early memory problems

Developing a tool that can predict age-related brain decline and dementia

🧠 Australian researchers from #TheFlorey #UniMelb #CSIRO are in the early stages of developing a tool that could predict the onset of moderate brain function decline and dementia in Alzheimer’s disease to within a couple of years

ADHD meds work short-term, major study finds

💊 A major study has found that ADHD meds work in the short-term, and experts from #UniofAdelaide @curtinuniversity.bsky.social @monashuniversity.bsky.social #TheFlorey respond to the research