From the Elsevier press release via ScienceDaily: Many lines of evidence indicate that schizophrenia is a disorder of neurodevelopment. For example, genes implicated in the heritable risk for schizophrenia are also implicated in the development…
From the Massachussetts General Hospital press release via MedicalXpress: Adding the dietary supplements folate and vitamin B12 to treatment with antipsychotic medication improved a core symptom component of schizophrenia in a study of more than…
From the CAMH press release via EurekAlert!: Some of the dramatic differences seen among patients with schizophrenia may be explained by a single gene that regulates a group of other schizophrenia risk genes. These findings…
From the ETH Zürich press release via EurekAlert!: The interplay between an infection during pregnancy and stress in puberty plays a key role in the development of schizophrenia, as behaviourists from ETH Zurich demonstrate in…
From the Karolinska Institutet press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found an explanation for why the level of kynurenic acid (KYNA) is higher in the brains of people with schizophrenia…
From the University of Edinburgh press release via EurekAlert!: People who are at greater genetic risk of schizophrenia are more likely to see a fall in IQ as they age, even if they do not…
From the McGill University press release via EurekAlert!: A study of eye movements in schizophrenia patients provides new evidence of impaired reading fluency in individuals with the mental illness. The findings, by researchers at McGill…
From the University of Oxford press release via EurekAlert!: Genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers…
From the Institute of Physics (IOP) press release via AlphaGalileo: Magnetic fields produced by the naturally occurring electrical currents in the brain could potentially be used as an objective test for schizophrenia and help to…
From the Frontiers press release via EurekAlert!: Yoga has positive effects on mild depression and sleep complaints, even in the absence of drug treatments, and improves symptoms associated with schizophrenia and ADHD in patients on…