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·December 14, 2020·4 min read

Schizophrenia May Be Similar to Immune Disorders

Schizophrenia may, in part, be caused by immune system dysfunction, a new study reports. Treatment with Methotrexate, a drug commonly prescribed for autoimmune disorders like R.A, produced positive effects against some prominent schizophrenia symptoms.

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·December 30, 2022·4 min read

Ketamine Found to Increase Brain Noise

By inhibiting NMDA receptors, ketamine increases noise to gamma frequencies in one layer of the thalamic nucleus and one lay of the somatosensory cortex. Findings suggest psychosis may be triggered by an increase in background noise impairing thalamocortical neurons which may be caused by a malfunction in NMDA receptors affecting the balance of inhibition and excitation in the brain.

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·June 20, 2022·3 min read

Smoking Increases the Risk of Depression and Schizophrenia

New research finds smoking significantly increases the risk of a person developing schizophrenia or depression.

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·October 3, 2024·2 min read

Faulty Brain Processes Behind Hearing Voices in Schizophrenia

A new study reveals that auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia may be caused by two faulty brain processes: a failed suppression of self-generated sounds and an overactive response to internal noises. The research showed that patients with hallucinations had a "broken" corollary discharge and an enhanced response to unintended sounds, compared to those without hallucinations. These findings suggest that future treatments for auditory hallucinations could target these disrupted processes.

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·April 12, 2025·9 min read

Delusions Often Appear Before Hallucinations in Early Psychosis

A new study has found that delusions typically emerge before hallucinations in individuals at high risk for psychosis, overturning a long-standing belief that hallucinations drive delusional thinking. By analyzing symptom progression across three large cohorts, researchers consistently observed that delusions were the earliest symptom, reappearing even before hallucinations during relapses.

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·March 17, 2026·9 min read

Brain’s Clogged Pipes: A Surprising New Link to Hallucinations

New research reveals that an impaired brain-drainage system in childhood may be the hidden trigger for the onset of schizophrenia in early adulthood.

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·July 25, 2025·5 min read

Could Mental Illness Begin Before You’re Born?

A groundbreaking study has revealed that genes linked to mental and neurodegenerative disorders, such as autism, depression, and Parkinson’s, begin influencing brain development during the earliest fetal stages. These genes are already active in neural stem cells—the progenitors that form the brain—long before symptoms arise.

This illustrative image shows cortical neuron stained with antibody to neurofilament subunit NF-L in green. In red are neuronal stem cells stained with antibody to alpha-internexin.

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·September 26, 2013·3 min read

Researchers Find How Viral Infection Disrupts Neural Development in Offspring, Increasing Risk of Autism

Immune system activation of the mother during pregnancy can disrupt neurodevelopment in her offspring, a new study shows.

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·December 4, 2017·3 min read

Right or Left Handed? Handedness is Determined During Gestation

The preference to use one hand over the other is already defined by the 18th week of gestation, a new study reports.

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·September 17, 2018·4 min read

Resynchronizing Neurons to Erase Schizophrenia

Researchers report that by increasing the excitability of a subpopulation of hippocampal inhibitory neurons, certain behavioral symptoms associated with schizophrenia can be suppressed.

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·May 4, 2018·4 min read

Even Brief Maternal Deprivation Early in Life Alters Adult Brain Function and Cognition

Babies removed from their mothers for 24 hours when they were 9 days old exhibited significant behavioral and brain structural abnormalities in adulthood, a new study reports. Researchers noted memory impairment and less communication between specific brain regions in those removed from maternal care.

This is a diagram of a pregnant woman and shows the brain scans with the deficient networks

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·April 26, 2019·5 min read

No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy

Teenagers who were exposed to alcohol while in the womb are more likely to have disruptions in neural connections through the corpus callosum, which can lead to cognitive impairment and a range of neurological, and psychological disorders. Researchers recommend pregnant women completely abstain from drinking alcohol.

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Schizophrenia

Schizophrenia May Be Similar to Immune Disorders

Ketamine Found to Increase Brain Noise

Smoking Increases the Risk of Depression and Schizophrenia

Faulty Brain Processes Behind Hearing Voices in Schizophrenia

Delusions Often Appear Before Hallucinations in Early Psychosis

Brain’s Clogged Pipes: A Surprising New Link to Hallucinations

Could Mental Illness Begin Before You’re Born?

Researchers Find How Viral Infection Disrupts Neural Development in Offspring, Increasing Risk of Autism

Right or Left Handed? Handedness is Determined During Gestation

Resynchronizing Neurons to Erase Schizophrenia

Even Brief Maternal Deprivation Early in Life Alters Adult Brain Function and Cognition

No safe amount of alcohol during pregnancy

How Severe Illness During Pregnancy Alters Fetal Brain Development

Aging Brains Maintain Robust Language Networks Despite Cognitive Decline

Youth Protein TIMP2 Restores Immune Function in the Aging Brain

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