From the Columbia University Medical Center press release via EurekAlert!: Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified dozens of new spontaneous genetic mutations that play a significant role in the development of schizophrenia, adding…
From the King’s College London press release via MedicalXpress: Researchers from King’s College London Institute of Psychiatry have analysed, for the first time, how relatives of people with a diagnosis of schizophrenia talk about genes…
From the Cell Press press release via EurekAlert!: Animals that literally have holes in their brains can go on to behave as normal adults if they’ve had the benefit of a little cognitive training in…
From the Mount Sinai Hospital press release via EurekAlert!: Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine may have discovered why certain drugs to treat schizophrenia are ineffective in some patients. Published online in Nature Neuroscience,…
From the Queen’s University press release via HealthCanal: A recent Queen’s University study has led to a new style of treatment for individuals with schizophrenia. This new approach could lead to better quality of life…
From the Johns Hopkins Medicine press release via ScienceDaily: Johns Hopkins researchers say they have discovered a cause-and-effect relationship between two well-established biological risk factors for schizophrenia previously believed to be independent of one another.…
From the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) press release: Scientists have discovered two genetic variants associated with the substantial, rapid weight gain occurring in nearly half the patients treated with antipsychotic medications, according…
From the UC San Diego press release via EurekAlert!: In the current online issue of PLoS ONE, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say they have identified a set of…
From the University of North Carolina press release via MedicalXpress: New research led by a medical geneticist at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine points to an increased risk of autism spectrum disorders…
From the RIKEN press release via MedicalXpress: Neuropsychiatric conditions such as autism, schizophrenia and epilepsy involve an imbalance between two types of synapses in the brain: excitatory synapses that release the neurotransmitter glutamate, and inhibitory…