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University of Iowa researchers have learned more about a genetic mutation that contributes to autism. The mutation occurred in sperm cells of a father, who does not have autism, but passed the condition on to two of his children. The investigator ...

Article - News Staff - May 3 2007 - 5:47pm - 0 attachments

... behavioral variability in humans such as depression, schizophrenia or obsessive compulsive disorder. Citation: Maye A, Hsieh ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2007 - 10:40pm - 0 attachments

... may be used in the future to direct better treatment for schizophrenia and other psychiatric conditions, say Duke University Medical ... signatures measured by metabolomics were different for schizophrenia patients than for people without the disease. In patients treated ...

Article - News Staff - May 15 2007 - 8:49am - 0 attachments

... could be a way of treating diseases such as epilepsy and schizophrenia, reveal scientists at the University of Bristol, UK. Their ...

Article - News Staff - May 7 2007 - 1:51pm - 0 attachments

... “They turn out to be much more heritable than, say, schizophrenia or breast cancer.” But that relationship is complex; one gene, ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 29 2007 - 1:48am - 0 attachments

... research helps bridge an important gap in understanding schizophrenia, providing the best evidence to date that defects in the brain's ... how two of the dozen or more genes previously linked with schizophrenia may contribute to the disease. When NRG1-erbB ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 23 2007 - 5:36pm - 0 attachments

... deficits of normal aging, and for cognitive changes in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ... with ADHD, and is severely disrupted in disorders such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The current study found that brain ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2007 - 2:12pm - 0 attachments

... such as breast cancer, heart diseases, arthritis and schizophrenia are caused by mutations in various human membrane proteins." ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 12 2007 - 11:39am - 0 attachments

... mechanisms of human recollections and mental disorders (schizophrenia, autism) which affect social and relational skills. ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 30 2007 - 11:21pm - 0 attachments

... Several neurological and psychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia, alcoholism, and Parkinson’s disease, are associated with ... that this variant was associated with an increased risk of schizophrenia, although further studies will be necessary to confirm this ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 27 2007 - 6:05pm - 0 attachments