From the Universität Mainz press release: Persons suffering from schizophrenia have a different perception of time than healthy individuals. There is far more variation in the way that a time interval is perceived by people with…
From the University of Oslo, Faculty of Medicine press release: In a new study, Norwegian researchers have documented that the cerebellum is among the most affected brain regions in schizophrenia. Compared to healthy individuals, cerebellar volume…
From the University of Western Ontario press release: New Western University research shows that neurons in the part of the brain found to be abnormal in psychosis are also important in helping people distinguish between reality…
From the University of California – Los Angeles press release: A UCLA study characterizes, for the first time, brain differences between people with a specific genetic risk for schizophrenia and those at risk for autism, and…
From the King’s College London press release: An international study of more than 3.2 million people with severe mental illness reveals a substantially increased risk for developing cardiovascular disease compared to the general population. Led…
From the Elsevier press release: In a special issue of Biological Psychiatry titled “Cortical Excitation-Inhibition Balance and Dysfunction in Psychiatric Disorders,” guest editors Dr. Alan Anticevic and Dr. John Murray, both of Yale University, bring…
From the Tufts University press release: Neuroscientists at Tufts University School of Medicine have discovered a new signaling pathway that directly connects two major receptors in the brain associated with learning and memory — the…
From the Columbia University Medical Center press release: Scientists at Columbia University have obtained the first detailed images of interactions between the AMPA receptor and molecules that regulate chemical signaling in the brain. Their findings may…
From the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) press release: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has proven its effectiveness in different types of psychiatric disorders, neuropathic pain and neurodegenerative diseases. Schizophrenia remains one of the leading causes…
From the University of Western Ontario press release: Most people will startle when they hear an unexpected loud sound. The second time they hear the noise, they’ll startle significantly less; by the third time, they’ll…