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Neural Networks: Why Human Brains Are More Susceptible To Mental Illness Than Smaller Ones

... are more susceptible to certain mental illnesses such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer disease.  In earlier work, Zoltán ... such as have been proposed for Alzheimer disease and schizophrenia". Publishing on July 21st in PLOS Biology   ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 22 2016 - 11:12am - 0 attachments

New Tool Can Predict Individual's Risk Of Psychotic Disorders

... risk of developing psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, according to a new study published today in The American ... psychosis after experiencing early warning signs of schizophrenia, such as hearing voices. "Until now, clinicians could give ... to stressful life events, trauma and family history of schizophrenia and, the calculator takes into account five other factors to ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 6 2016 - 8:37am - 0 attachments

Human Brain Houses Diverse Populations Of Neurons, New Research Shows

... and disorders, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, schizophrenia and depression. By isolating and analyzing the nuclei of ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2016 - 6:01am - 0 attachments

Smell Tells Intruder Mice How To Behave

... behavior in humans. For instance, individuals with autism, schizophrenia, depression, and social anxiety all experience disruptions in ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 4 2016 - 5:59am - 0 attachments

Gene Hunters Find Rare Inherited Mutations Linked To Bipolar Disorder

... in other psychiatric disorders, such as autism and schizophrenia, which provides additional support for the overlap of autism and schizophrenia risk genes with risk genes in families with bipolar disorder. ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 3 2016 - 6:52am - 0 attachments

Disrupted Immunity In The Fetal Brain Is Linked To Neurodevelopmental Disorders

... the risk that her offspring will develop autism or schizophrenia, sometimes years later. This increased risk of neurodevelopmental ... an infection later in the pregnancy raises the risk of schizophrenia," said Amit. "We've set out to examine the mechanisms behind ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 2 2016 - 4:23pm - 0 attachments

Erasing Unpleasant Memories With A Genetic Switch

... been linked to decreased intellectual abilities and schizophrenia. In the reported study, the mice were trained to move from ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 30 2016 - 8:11am - 0 attachments

Analysis Of Genetic Repeats Suggests Role For DNA Instability In Schizophrenia

... significantly more DNA sequence repeats in patients with schizophrenia than in control individuals, and outline a possible link between ... variations (CNVs) are associated with disease, as with schizophrenia, wherein rare CNVs on chromosomes, including 1, 15, 16, and 22, ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 25 2016 - 8:48pm - 0 attachments

As Safe As Coffee? Is Nicotine Vapor In E-cigarettes Really Harmless?

... has long been known that people with psychosis (including schizophrenia) have high smoking rates (although citation bias has caused ... drawn twice during pregnancy and subsequent diagnosis of schizophrenia in all children born in Finland from 1983-1998. Finland has ...

Article - The Conversation - Jun 14 2016 - 9:54am - 0 attachments

Scientists Unpack How Toxoplasma Infection Is Linked To Neurodegenerative Disease

... brain and retina are closely linked). People who have schizophrenia are more likely to be infected with Toxoplasma . Infection ...

Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2016 - 3:50pm - 0 attachments