Friday, April 21st, 2017
A disease that is distinct from sadness, it influences people differently, says biomedical sciences professor The Tufts video series Ever Wonder features faculty and other experts answering questions for the curious about all manner of… Read More
Monday, January 30th, 2017
Ben Nephew was part of a collaborative study that discovered a link between postpartum depression or anxiety in new mothers and the use of synthetic oxytocin during and after labor.
Monday, December 19th, 2016
Changes in connectivity in regions of the brain tied to social behavior, stress and depression can inform research on related psychiatric disorders in humans NORTH GRAFTON, Mass. (Dec. 19, 2016)—Investigators in veterinary and human medicine have… Read More
Sunday, April 17th, 2016
Benjamin C. Nephew is studying the generational impact of postpartum depression.
Thursday, February 25th, 2016
A recent study by Benjamin C. Nephew, PhD, documents transgenerational effects of social stress on the immune systems and suggests that immune-based interventions may be effective at preventing or treating disorders such as depression, anxiety, and asthma in depressed mothers, their children, and future generations.
Friday, August 1st, 2014
Ben Nephew is studying female animals as models for human anxiety and depression. Most research in this area has used male animals, even though these conditions are more common in women
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
Cummings School researcher Benjamin Nephew is one of an elite group that pushes well past the 26-mile mark
Tuesday, October 15th, 2013
Benjamin Nephew, Ph.D., received the Junior Faculty Research Award at the Cummings School’s 24th Veterinary Student Research Day earlier this month. The newly created award, funded by private donations, recognizes a junior faculty who is… Read More
Tuesday, October 8th, 2013
Animal study suggests stress-induced depression in new mothers extends to daughters
