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Schizophrenia

·April 12, 2012·2 min read

Excessive Worrying May Have Co-evolved with Intelligence

What is usually seen as pathology may aid survival of the species. Worrying may have evolved along with intelligence as...

Autism Genetics

·February 2, 2012·3 min read

Gene Regulator in Brain’s Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan

Mental illness suspect genes are among the most environmentally responsive. For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across...

Neurology Neuroscience

·December 28, 2011·4 min read

Scripps Research Scientists Discover a Brain Cell Malfunction in Schizophrenia

The findings could point the way to new therapies. Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute have discovered that DNA stays...

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·November 4, 2011·2 min read

Brain Parasite Directly Alters Brain Chemistry – T gondii Affects Dopamine

A research group from the University of Leeds has shown that infection by the brain parasite Toxoplasma gondii, found in...

Featured Neurology Neuroscience

·April 13, 2011·4 min read

Scientists Recreate Brain Cells from Skin Cells to Study Schizophrenia Safely

A team of scientists at Penn State University, the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, and other institutions have developed a...

Electrophysiology Featured Neuroscience

·December 9, 2010·3 min read

Acetylcholine and SK Channels Involved in Learning and Memory

New research on learning describes the interaction between acetlycholine receptors and SK channels and their involvement in learning and memory. These findings could lead to new research targeting acetylcholine and SK channels to help cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia as well as help understand learning and memory better.

Featured Genetics Neuroscience

·August 5, 2010·2 min read

3q29 Deletion: Large Risk Genetic Marker For Schizophrenia

A large risk genetic marker of schizophrenia has been discovered by scientists. The researchers found that a specific deletion at 3q29, which contains two genes already known to be associated with intellectual disabilities , PAK2 and DLG1, increased the odds of schizophrenia symptoms by nearly 17 times those with no deletion.