- Cannabis Use May Influence Brain Maturation In Young Males
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... cannabis before age 16, and have a high genetic risk for schizophrenia, show a different brain development trajectory than low risk ... of evidence implicating cannabis use in adolescence and schizophrenia later in life. Adolescence is a period of vulnerability ...
Article - News Staff - Sep 1 2015 - 8:00am - 0 attachments
- Depressed Females Have Over-Active Glutamate Receptor Gene
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... is the major excitatory neurotransmitter in the brain. Schizophrenia, epilepsy, autism and Alzheimer's disease have all been linked to ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2015 - 6:30am - 0 attachments
- Brain, Rhythm, and Music
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... understanding of such disorders as Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and even autism, which are characterized in part by offbeat brain ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Aug 4 2015 - 9:41am - 0 attachments
- Cigarette Smoking Associated With Increased Risk Of Psychosis
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We have known for some time the people suffering from schizophrenia and other psychoses smoke more than the general population. ... date: could tobacco smoking actually increase the risk of schizophrenia? If so, how do you distinguish between these two ...
Article - The Conversation - Jul 11 2015 - 1:58pm - 0 attachments
- Predictive Coding Theory: How Our Brains Recognize Faces From Minimal Information
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... also appear to be significantly impaired in patients with schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders. This was shown through ...
Article - News Staff - Jul 1 2015 - 7:30am - 0 attachments
- Crystal Meth: Epidemic Or Not, Heavier Use, Higher Purity Are Increasing Harm
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... with psychotic symptoms, such as bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Heavy methamphetamine use can exacerbate or precipitate ...
Article - The Conversation - Jun 9 2015 - 7:34pm - 0 attachments
- Genetic Variation Of Stress Hormone Receptor May Affect Vulnerability To Major Depression
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... size to date -- comparing the genes of 11,500 people with schizophrenia to 16,500 people without the disorder -- also replicated and expanded upon previous research implicating schizophrenia with genes related to the excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate. ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 9 2015 - 11:00am - 0 attachments
- How We Make Emotional Decisions
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... that feature impaired decision-making, such as depression, schizophrenia, and borderline personality disorder. “In order to create a ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 4 2015 - 9:47pm - 0 attachments
- Hallucinations And Delusions More Common Than Thought
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... others may progress to more serious disorders such as schizophrenia. We need to understand why it's temporary for some people ...
Article - News Staff - May 30 2015 - 1:30pm - 0 attachments
- Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Brain Stimulation Detrimental To IQ Scores
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... acuity, and for illnesses, such as depression and schizophrenia. But some of the studies that have made waves were poorly ...
Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 3:07pm - 0 attachments
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