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Researchers Identify Key Biological Markers For Psychotic Disorders

... mental disorders. Psychiatrists cannot find evidence of schizophrenia in a blood sample; they can't see bipolar disorder in an X-ray. ... broad category of mental disorder that includes schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder and bipolar disorder with psychosis--to ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2015 - 9:49pm - 0 attachments

Seeing Is Believing? People Are Not Good At Identifying Where Sights, Sounds Originate

... on multisensory perception can help people with autism, schizophrenia and other disorders. Published in PLOS Computational ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 12 2015 - 2:01pm - 0 attachments

First Look At How Astrocytes Function In Humans

... including Alzheimer's, ALS, stroke, injury, autism, and schizophrenia. source: Cell Press ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 10 2015 - 5:26pm - 0 attachments

Transient Schizophrenia: Cannabis Increases The Noise In Your Brain

... effects in healthy subjects similar to those observed in schizophrenia. However, the mechanisms underlying these effects are not clear. ... on the biology of some of the symptoms associated with schizophrenia. "This interesting study suggests a commonality between the ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2015 - 7:58am - 0 attachments

Higher Potency Cannabis Linked To Brain White Matter Damage

Smoking high potency 'skunk-like' cannabis can damage a crucial part of the brain responsible for communication between the two brain hemispheres, according to a new study. Researchers have known for some time that long-term cannabis use increases t ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2015 - 11:00am - 0 attachments

Hallucinations Linked To Differences In Brain Structure

People diagnosed with schizophrenia who are prone to hallucinations are likely to have structural ... to both healthy individuals and people diagnosed with schizophrenia who do not hallucinate, according to research published today. ... increased risk of hallucinations in people diagnosed with schizophrenia. The PCS is one of the last structural folds to develop in ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 17 2015 - 7:16am - 0 attachments

Anti-Vaccination Websites: Select "Science" And A Lot Of Anecdotes

An analysis of nearly 500 anti-vaccination websites found that over two-thirds used what they represented as scientific evidence to support the idea that vaccines are dangerous and nearly one-third contained anecdotes that reinforced the perception.&nbs ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 4 2015 - 10:55am - 0 attachments

Mathematically Modeling The Mind

... disorder, bipolar, and attention deficit disorder, schizophrenia and autism. Cognitive modes are the basic states of neural ... on time, may be related to conditions such as autism and schizophrenia. For example, some experiments suggest that for people with these ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 25 2015 - 1:49pm - 0 attachments

How The Brain Multitasks

... of attention-deficit diseases, such as ADHD, autism, and schizophrenia. Halassa says previous research, at NYU and elsewhere, had ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 22 2015 - 1:44pm - 0 attachments

Genes, Schizophrenia, And Repairing The Brain

... of two genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) to the underlying cause of schizophrenia. These findings have provided a new target for schizophrenia treatment. Schizophrenia is a devastating mental disorder that affects nearly 1% of the ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 24 2015 - 6:30am - 0 attachments