FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·August 24, 2022·7 min readPsychotic Symptoms in Children May Have a Genetic CauseFindings implicate copy number variants (CNVs) in the development of childhood psychosis. Researchers recommend chromosomal array testing for children with psychosis.Read More
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FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·November 22, 2016·9 min readRare Genetic Variations Linked to SchizophreniaA new study reveals several regions of the genome where mutations increase schizophrenia risk between four- and 60-fold.Read More
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FeaturedGenetics·November 1, 2013·5 min readStudy Finds a Patchwork of Genetic Variation in the BrainResearchers discover a surprising degree of variation among the genomes of individual neurons taken from the same brain.Read More
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