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Feinstein Researchers Uncover Genetic Risk For Schizophrenia

... a new gene that appears to increase the risk of developing schizophrenia, a disorder characterized by distorted thinking, hallucinations ... to search the entire human genome in 178 patients with schizophrenia and 144 healthy individuals. WGA technology was used to examine ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 20 2007 - 2:13pm - 0 attachments

Making Memories That Last A Lifetime

... of DNA methylation occurs in some brain disorders like schizophrenia and forms of mental retardation, Miller and Sweatt designed ... has been seen in cancer, some types of autism, and schizophrenia. Thus, they said their findings could aid in basic understanding ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2007 - 1:19am - 0 attachments

Using Brain Scans, Researchers Find Evidence For A Two-stage Model Of Human Perceptual Learning

... and top-down information in the brain, such as autism or schizophrenia, Riesenhuber said. It also suggests how the learning of visual ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2007 - 1:17am - 0 attachments

Study Challenges Idea That Schizophrenia Is Distinct In Developing And Developed Regions

... suggested that the course and symptomatic expression of schizophrenia is relatively more benign in developing societies. However, a new ... comparing biological and cultural indicators of schizophrenia in urban, Western societies with study data from the island of ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2007 - 1:07am - 0 attachments

Progress Toward Creating A Childhood Test For The Risk Of Developing Bipolar Disorder And Schizophrenia

... child is likely to one day suffer from bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. The findings of the research team supervised by Dr. Michel ... will be presented at the International Congress on Schizophrenia Research on March 31 in Colorado Springs. Schizophrenia and ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 15 2007 - 12:37am - 0 attachments

Prefrontal Cortex Loses Neurons During Adolescence

... for understanding human psychopathologies, such as schizophrenia, which often arise in late adolescence, Juraska said. Other ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 14 2007 - 9:34am - 0 attachments

The Mind- Brain Dichotomy: What It Means To Have A Mind?

... of the important distinction that I hypothesized between Schizophrenia and Autism was that due to agency: with schizophrenics ... too much Agency, but not much Experience, thus when the Schizophrenia end of spectrum kicks in, they may also attribute too much agency ...

Article - Sandeep Gautam - Feb 28 2007 - 11:57pm - 0 attachments

New Insight Into Brain Disorders

... to a number of major brain diseases such as Alzheimer's, schizophrenia and bi-polar disorder – has been identified for the first time ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 28 2007 - 1:16pm - 0 attachments

Is Schizophrenia In The Eyes?

... to help determine whether individuals might be at risk for schizophrenia. In a study published in this month's Journal of Abnormal ... be used to divide people into two groups in relation to schizophrenia-related risk. "Schizophrenia affects one in every 100 ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 21 2007 - 12:47am - 0 attachments

Harnessing The Brain's Plasticity Key To Treating Neurological Damage

... mental and physical training programs. His targets are schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, functional losses in normal aging, mild ... are producing encouraging results. A clinical trial for schizophrenia, underway at UCSF and Yale, aims to drive misdirected neural ...

Article - News Staff - Feb 20 2007 - 12:22pm - 0 attachments