- N-cofilin May Be Key Molecule In Protecting Against Some Neuron Disorders
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Many neuronal disorders, including epilepsy, schizophrenia and lissencephaly – a form of mental retardation -, result from ...
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- Can Schizophrenia Be Turned On And Off Genetically?
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... at Johns Hopkins have developed a mouse model for schizophrenia in which a mutated gene linked to schizophrenia can be turned on or off at will. The researchers developed ...
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- The Evolution Of Schizophrenia
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Several genes with strong associations to schizophrenia have evolved rapidly due to selection during human evolution, ... positive selection may play a role in the persistence of schizophrenia at a frequency of one per cent in human populations around the ... evidence consistent with the long-standing theory that schizophrenia represents, in part, a maladaptive by-product of adaptive changes ...
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- Axons And The Root Of Cognitive Disorders
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... for psychiatric disorders such as depression and schizophrenia in which it is thought that different parts of the brain do not ...
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- Genetic Variation And Predisposition To Schizophrenia
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... may provide a new way to design better drugs to treat schizophrenia. “Although the exact causes of schizophrenia are yet to be determined, scientists agree that the disease is in ...
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- UCLA Scientists Produce Functioning Neurons From Human Embryonic Stem Cells
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... as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, prefrontal dementia and schizophrenia. Researchers previously had been able to produce neurons - ... what causes prefrontal dementia, Huntington’s disease or schizophrenia. The key is likely in the quality of neuronal communications. By ...
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- Nerve Cell Modulator Could Help With Mood Disorders
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... to psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, and schizophrenia. Using sophisticated electrophysiological measurements, ...
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- Controversy Over Use Of Antipsychotic Drugs For Dementia
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Antipsychotic drugs are approved mainly for treating schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, but they are also used for many other ...
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- 'Landmark Accomplishment' In Nicotine Research
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... Besides substance addiction, Stevens pointed to epilepsy, schizophrenia and depression as targets for improved drugs that could result ...
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- Defeating Despair: Gene-Regulating Protein May Lead To Better Anti-Depressants
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... of Mental Health, the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression, and la Fondation pour la Recherche Medicale. ...
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