Rare Genetic Phenomenon Linked to Schizophrenia
Researchers have discovered a strong correlation between the development of schizophrenia and a rare form of a genetic variant known as tandem repeats. In our…
Researchers have discovered a strong correlation between the development of schizophrenia and a rare form of a genetic variant known as tandem repeats. In our…
Psychotic disorders can increase your risk of dementia by 250% According to a review of the existing evidence conducted by University College London researchers, people…
Data from Columbia Mass Murder Database reveal psychosis and other serious psychiatric illness absent in the majority of perpetrators. Researchers examining 82 mass murders that…
Researchers examining post-mortem brains confirm a long-held hypothesis explaining neurotransmitter’s connection to a debilitating disorder. How does the brain chemical dopamine relate to schizophrenia? It is…
For the first time, researchers compared schizophrenia and frontotemporal dementia, two conditions that affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. Rarely do researchers…
A Mount Sinai stem cell model may be able to shed light on the complex biology behind certain psychiatric disorders. In order to map disease…
Scientists identify an autoantibody that may cause schizophrenia in some individuals. Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) have discovered that some people with…
People with serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, have greater rates of cardiovascular-related mortality than the general population, and that association has become stronger over recent…
Researchers studying a protein that is strongly linked to the psychiatric disorder are the first to determine the protein’s function, tracing it to a structure…
Multiple changes in brain cells during the first month of embryonic development may contribute to schizophrenia later in life, according to a new study by…
Cardiff University study is ‘major step forward’ in hunt for developmental origins of schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders. Scientists from Cardiff University have discovered new…
Scientists investigating the DNA outside our genes — the ‘dark genome’ — have discovered recently evolved regions that code for proteins associated with schizophrenia and…
Dedicated circuits evaluate uncertainty in the brain, preventing it from using unreliable information to make decisions. As we interact with the world, we are constantly…
Discovery represents significant advance in developing treatments for cognitive impairment in a broad spectrum of neurological and psychiatric disorders including Alzheimer’s. Bristol-led research has identified…
An increase of dopamine in the brain’s striatum triggers auditory hallucination-like experiences in mice, revealing a possible causal role for dopamine-dependent neurological circuits in symptoms…
Study suggests a common mechanism underlies some behavioral traits seen in autism and schizophrenia. Many neurodevelopmental disorders share similar symptoms, such as learning disabilities or…
Drs. Itokawa, Mizutani and colleagues performed microtomography experiments the BL20XU beamline of the SPring-8 synchrotron radiation facility and found that brain capillary structures show a…
Researchers at Orygen and La Trobe University have completed a rapid review of contemporary epidemic and pandemic research to assess the potential impact of COVID-19…