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·June 5, 2014·4 min read

Brain Circuit Problem Likely Sets Stage for The Voices That Are Symptom of Schizophrenia

Researchers report a disruption in a brain circuit could contribute to the auditory hallucinations associated with schizophrenia.

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·June 4, 2014·4 min read

Regulating Brain Activity to Improve Attention

Researchers discover balanced activity in the prefrontal cortex is essential for attention.

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·May 28, 2014·4 min read

Uncovering Clues to the Genetic Cause of Schizophrenia

Researchers suggest the overall number and nature of genetics mutations, rather than any single mutation, influences an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia.

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·May 28, 2014·3 min read

Timing Is Everything

Researchers show how the brain re-wires and fine tunes its connections differently, depending on the relative timing of sensory information.

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·May 5, 2014·1 min read

Researchers See Signs of Schizophrenia in Resting Brains

Researchers discover widespread disruption of signals while the brain is at rest in patients with schizophrenia.

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·April 29, 2014·4 min read

Research Sees Overlap in Altered Genes Found in Schizophrenia, Autism and Intellectual Disability

Malfunctions in some of the same genes contribute to the pathology or some cases of schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disability.

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·April 11, 2014·4 min read

Protein Researchers Closing in on the Mystery of Schizophrenia

In 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.

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·April 10, 2014·2 min read

Researchers Search for Earliest Roots of Psychiatric Disorders

A 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.