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·August 5, 2010·2 min read

3q29 Deletion: Large Risk Genetic Marker For Schizophrenia

A large risk genetic marker of schizophrenia has been discovered by scientists. The researchers found that a specific deletion at 3q29, which contains two genes already known to be associated with intellectual disabilities , PAK2 and DLG1, increased the odds of schizophrenia symptoms by nearly 17 times those with no deletion.

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 9, 2010·3 min read

Acetylcholine and SK Channels Involved in Learning and Memory

New research on learning describes the interaction between acetlycholine receptors and SK channels and their involvement in learning and memory. These findings could lead to new research targeting acetylcholine and SK channels to help cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia as well as help understand learning and memory better.

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 13, 2011·4 min read

Scientists Recreate Brain Cells from Skin Cells to Study Schizophrenia Safely

A team of scientists at Penn State University, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and other institutions have developed a...

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·November 4, 2011·2 min read

Brain Parasite Directly Alters Brain Chemistry – T gondii Affects Dopamine

A research group from the University of Leeds has shown that infection by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in...

Neurology Neuroscience

·December 28, 2011·4 min read

Scripps Research Scientists Discover a Brain Cell Malfunction in Schizophrenia

The findings could point the way to new therapies. Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that DNA stays...

Autism Genetics

·February 2, 2012·3 min read

Gene Regulator in Brain’s Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan

Mental illness suspect genes are among the most environmentally responsive. For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across...

Psychology

·April 12, 2012·2 min read

Excessive Worrying May Have Co-evolved with Intelligence

What is usually seen as pathology may aid survival of the species. Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as...

Featured Neuroethics Neuroscience

·April 13, 2012·3 min read

Brain Network Reveals Disorders

Researchers at ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich identify a new method of unerringly detecting the presence of pathophysiological...

Psychology

·May 11, 2012·3 min read

Maternal Antibodies to Gluten Linked to Schizophrenia Risk in Children

Babies born to women with sensitivity to gluten appear to be at increased risk for certain psychiatric disorders later in...

Autism Genetics Neurology

·May 16, 2012·5 min read

Zebrafish Study Isolates Gene Related to Autism, Schizophrenia and Obesity

What can a fish tell us about human brain development? Researchers at Duke University Medical Center transplanted a set of...

Featured Neurology

·September 19, 2012·4 min read

Scientists Show Biological Mechanism Can Trigger Epileptic Seizures

Researchers at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center report that molecular disruptions in small neurons called granule cells – located in the dentate gyrus region of the brain – caused brain seizures in mice similar to those seen in human temporal lobe epilepsy.

Schizophrenia fMRI brain scans are shown.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·October 3, 2012·4 min read

New de novo Genetic Mutations in Schizophrenia Identified

Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers have identified dozens of new spontaneous genetic mutations that play a significant role in the development of schizophrenia, adding to the growing list of genetic variants that can contribute to the disease. The schizophrenia study was the largest and most comprehensive of its kind.