AutismFeaturedPsychology·June 7, 2014·3 min readNew Evidence Links Air Pollution to Autism and SchizophreniaResearchers describe how early life exposure to air pollution produces significant brain changes, including enlargement of the part of the brain seen in humans with autism and schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·June 5, 2014·4 min readBrain Circuit Problem Likely Sets Stage for The Voices That Are Symptom of SchizophreniaResearchers report a disruption in a brain circuit could contribute to the auditory hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·May 28, 2014·4 min readUncovering Clues to the Genetic Cause of SchizophreniaResearchers suggest the overall number and nature of genetics mutations, rather than any single mutation, influences an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·May 27, 2014·3 min readSex-Specific Changes in Cerebral Blood Flow Begin at PubertyDifferent levels of cerebral blood flow between males and females during puberty could give hints to developing differences in behavior between the two sexes and sex-specific pre-disposition to certain psychiatric disorders, a new study suggests.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·May 5, 2014·1 min readResearchers See Signs of Schizophrenia in Resting BrainsResearchers discover widespread disruption of signals while the brain is at rest in patients with schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·April 14, 2014·2 min readNew Finding Suggests a Way to Block Stress DamageThe gene REDD1 enables stress to damage neurons and cause depressive behavior, a new study reports.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 11, 2014·4 min readProtein Researchers Closing in on the Mystery of SchizophreniaIn an attempt to understand what happens in the brain of schizophrenics, researchers analysed proteins in the brains of rats who had been given the hallucinogen PCP.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 10, 2014·2 min readResearchers Search for Earliest Roots of Psychiatric DisordersA new study reports newborns, whose mothers were exposed to a variety of environmental stressors while pregnant, could be susceptible to psychiatric disorders later in life.Read More
FeaturedPsychology·April 2, 2014·4 min readNoisy Brain SignalsVisual perception errors in those with schizophrenia are consistent with corollary discharge, a new study reports.Read More
ElectrophysiologyFeaturedPsychology·April 1, 2014·4 min readExperimental Cancer Drug Reverses Schizophrenia in Adolescent MiceResearchers discover an experimental anti cancer compound appears to reverse behaviors associated with schizophrenia in mouse models.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsPsychology·March 29, 2014·2 min readGenetic Model for Bipolar TreatmentAccording to new findings, lithium's therapeutic effects stems from its suppression of myo-inositol.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscience VideosOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·March 25, 2014·7 min readFirst Stem Cell Study of Bipolar Disorder Yields Promising ResultsStem cell model develops neurons which behave and respond differently to lithium, opening the door for potential new treatments for bipolar disorder, researchers report.Read More
