Tag: schizophrenia

Brain anatomy differs in people with 22q genetic risk for schizophrenia, autism

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… Read more »

Severe mental illness linked to much higher risk for cardiovascular disease

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… Read more »

How shifts in excitation-inhibition balance may lead to psychiatric disorders

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,… Read more »

Discovery of new pathway in brain has implications for schizophrenia treatment

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… Read more »

Detailed images reveal interactions that affect signaling in the brain

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… Read more »

A pilot study of deep brain stimulation in treatment-resistant schizophrenia

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… Read more »