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Featured Genetics Psychology

·February 18, 2016·5 min read

Eliminating Core Schizophrenia Symptoms in Mice

Researchers use chemical compound to restore brain regions affected by schizophrenia.

Featured Genetics Psychology

·February 5, 2016·3 min read

A Molecular Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Some Psychiatric Disorders

A new study reports DISC1, a gene that plays a role in some psychiatric illnesses, also influences the production of insulin creating pancreatic beta cells.

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Featured Genetics Psychology

·November 20, 2015·4 min read

Molecular Link Between Diabetes and Schizophrenia Discovered

Researchers have discovered a genetic link between schizophrenia and type 2 diabetes.

Featured Neurology

·April 15, 2015·2 min read

Researchers Discover How A Specific Enzyme Protects Brain Cells in Parkinson’s Model

New findings could help develop drugs that could protect brain cells in Parkinson's disease.

The image shows neural stem cells derived from people with bipolar disorder.

Featured Genetics

·April 11, 2013·4 min read

Do Drugs for Bipolar Disorder “Normalize” Brain Gene Function?

A new brain tissue study has shown gene expression in bipolar patients treated with antipsychotic medications is similar to the expression in subjects with no history of bipolar disorder.