Researchers trigger stress disorder in mice study

Researchers trigger stress disorder in mice study By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff Researchers at the UCLA Neuropsychiatric Hospital have developed the first animal model of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, revealing that repeated reminders of a traumatic event trigger symptoms. The study was conducted jointly by UCLA psychiatrists and researchers in the department of psychiatry […]

Remembering the innocent

Remembering the innocent Clockwise from top left: The memorial service for victims of Sunday’s two bombings in Israel was held in Royce Quad yesterday. Yiftach Levy (left), a fifth-year psychology student, and Jennifer Cohen, a second-year medical student, comfort each other at the memorial.Some of the people who attended the memorial donned black ribbons in […]

Discovery of protein may lead to new immune-system therapy

Discovery of protein may lead to new immune-system therapy By Jennifer K. Morita Daily Bruin Staff A UCLA doctor in the department of pathology has discovered a potential new method for controlling the body’s immune system through a molecule that triggers T-cells to commit suicide. T-cells are the body’s defense against foreign invaders such as […]