…at a heightened risk of developing schizophrenia. Analyzing health records data of over 6 million people in Denmark, the researchers found a strong association between cannabis use disorder and schizophrenia,…
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…schizophrenia. Notably, they also found that this autoantibody, when injected into mice, caused schizophrenia-like behaviors and changes in the brain. Discovery of Autoantibodies Linked to Schizophrenia When considering possible autoantibodies…
…solely a way to treat schizophrenia,” said Daniel R. Weinberger, M.D., a co-author of the study. “We have the first evidence that dopamine is a causative factor in schizophrenia.” Weinberger is chief…
…sulfide stress does not account for all cases of schizophrenia—MPST levels in hair could be a good biomarker for schizophrenia before other symptoms appear. Whether a person develops schizophrenia is…
…two previously unknown genes that are associated with schizophrenia. Furthermore, the study uncovered a third gene that carries a risk for both schizophrenia and autism. The research also demonstrated that…
…gene with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, but it hasn’t been strongly implicated in schizophrenia per se.” Implications for Treatment-Resistant Schizophrenia When the team investigated further, they found that ABCB11 is also expressed…
…expression in individual cells in patient’s tissue and in tissue grown from people without schizophrenia. “We found a common pathology among all the patients with schizophrenia despite each of the…
…gene-environment interaction between NAPRT1 risk allele and pre-natal niacin deficiency explain 4 medical mysteries of schizophrenia research?” by Esme Fuller-Thomson and Rukshan Mehta, 12 December 2019, Schizophrenia Research. DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2019.11.049…
…neurodevelopmental disorders like schizophrenia and autism. New Stem Cell Research Opens Up New Opportunities for Discovery Schizophrenia is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder, the intricacies of which are not yet fully…
Since cannabis legalization, Ontario has seen a sharp rise in schizophrenia cases tied to cannabis use disorder. A study in Ontario found that schizophrenia cases linked to cannabis use disorder…
Findings reveal potential new strategy for treating people diagnosed with schizophrenia. Columbia researchers have restored normal working memory to a mouse model of schizophrenia, eliminating a core symptom of the…
…have recently discovered that mutations inhibiting SAP97 function can give rise to schizophrenia. These mutations are linked to a 40-fold increase in the risk of developing schizophrenia — the largest…
Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder that affects how a person thinks, feels and behaves. People with schizophrenia may experience hallucinations, delusions, disordered thinking, and difficulty in expressing emotions or…
…than for any of these other disorders. Schizophrenia Genes and Heritability The researchers also discovered that the risk genes for schizophrenia found in the placenta may have a relatively greater…
…in the blood may hold the key to understanding the biological link between schizophrenia and cannabis use. By comparing individuals with schizophrenia, cannabis use disorder, both, or neither, researchers found…
…own internal speech. Published in the journal Schizophrenia Bulletin, the study suggests this discovery could help identify biological clues linked to schizophrenia. This is a crucial development, as there are…
…developing schizophrenia later in life. The ability to predict the risk of developing schizophrenia later in life may allow early detection and intervention. An international research team led by investigators…
…individual cells from postmortem brain tissue from 191 people. They found that in individuals with schizophrenia and in older adults without schizophrenia, two brain cell types called astrocytes and neurons…