FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·January 12, 2023·4 min readCommon Brain Network for Psychiatric Illness DiscoveredInvestigating four pre-existing, publically available psychological and neurological data sets, researchers identify a network of brain areas that underlie psychiatric disorders including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·January 9, 2023·4 min readBrain Aging in People With SchizophreniaAdvanced brain aging may explain why, on average, people with schizophrenia have a significantly reduced life span.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·December 30, 2022·4 min readKetamine Found to Increase Brain NoiseBy 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.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·December 22, 2022·3 min readStem Cells May Help Identify New Schizophrenia DrugsResearchers identified 20 drug candidates that reduce C4 immune protein secretion from astrocytes. The discovery could pave the way to treating schizophrenia and other disorders associated with C4 dysregulation in astrocytes.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeurosciencePsychology·December 16, 2022·3 min readLink Between Genetics and Neuropsychiatric Disorders Confirmed1% of patients registered in a health initiative carry at least one rare gene variant linked to an increased risk of a neuropsychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. One third of those with a variant had been diagnosed with a mental health disorder.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·December 1, 2022·4 min readRare Genetic Phenomenon Linked to Neuron Function and SchizophreniaPeople with schizophrenia have significantly higher rates of tandem repeats in their genome, up to 7% more than in people without the mental health disorder. The genes were primarily found in genes crucial to brain function.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 28, 2022·6 min readNew Study Maps the Development of the 20 Most Common Psychiatric Disorders47% of patients with a mental health disorder receive a different diagnosis within the first ten years of receiving their initial diagnosis.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 22, 2022·3 min readFamily Involvement May Lead to Better Patient Outcomes in Psychosis TreatmentStudy reveals the benefits of family involvement in treatment outcomes for those who suffer from psychosis.Read More
FeaturedGeneticsNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·November 3, 2022·3 min readInflammation May Amplify Effect of Genetic Risk Variants for SchizophreniaPro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1 beta and IL-6 stimulate the expression of the schizophrenia-related C4A gene. Patients with high C4A expression displayed increased levels of IL-1 beta in cerebral spinal fluid samples. C4A levels were also correlated with markers of synaptic density. Findings reveal inflammation enhances the genetic risk variant for schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·November 2, 2022·3 min readIndividuals With Schizophrenia and Social Anhedonia Show Altered Neural Processing for Social Reward AnticipationPeople with schizophrenia and social anhedonia exhibit altered neural processing for social reward processing, leading to impaired social interaction and social dysfunction.Read More
FeaturedNeuroscienceOpen Neuroscience ArticlesPsychology·October 24, 2022·5 min readHuge Unveiling of Schizophrenia Brain Cells Show New Treatment TargetsStudy reveals a "hotspot" for schizophrenia in the upper prefrontal cortex of the brain. In this area, researchers identified distinct neural networks that may be responsible for the overall symptoms of schizophrenia.Read More
FeaturedNeurosciencePsychology·October 6, 2022·5 min readSchizophrenia May Increase Dementia Risk by 2.5 TimesPeople with schizophrenia are 2.5 times more likely to develop dementia than those without a mental health disorder.Read More