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FeaturedPsychology·April 5, 2017·4 min readSchizophrenia Signs Linked to Uncoordinated Firing of Brain Cells: Mouse StudyResearchers report a group of neurons that fire haphazardly in mouse models of schizophrenia could underlie the psychosis that is symptomatic of the disorder.Read More
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