Neuroscience
Schizophrenic brains take indirect paths
Analysis of the structural connectivity in the brains of 16 schizophrenia patients reveals several zones affected by the disease and their reduced network connectivity.
Nov 24, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
EEG test to help understand and treat schizophrenia
Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have validated an EEG test to study and treat schizophrenia. The findings, published in two separate studies, offer a clinical test that could be used ...
Oct 29, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Smoking and schizophrenia linked by alterations in brain nicotine signals
Schizophrenia is associated with increased rates and intensity of tobacco smoking. A growing body of research suggests that the relationship between schizophrenia and smoking stems, in part, from an effort by patients to ...
Sep 16, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Team discovers neurochemical imbalance in schizophrenia
Using human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs), researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at University of California, San Diego have discovered that neurons from patients with schizophrenia ...
Sep 11, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Happiness in schizophrenia: Research suggests mental illness doesn't preclude enjoying life
Schizophrenia is among the most severe forms of mental illness, yet some people with the disease are as happy as those in good physical and mental health according to a study led by researchers at the University of California, ...
Aug 18, 2014
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Neuroscience
Stuck in neutral: Brain defect traps schizophrenics in twilight zone
People with schizophrenia struggle to turn goals into actions because brain structures governing desire and emotion are less active and fail to pass goal-directed messages to cortical regions affecting human decision-making, ...
Aug 14, 2014
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Genetics
Schizophrenia's genetic architecture revealed (w/ Video)
Queensland scientists are closer to effective treatments for schizophrenia after uncovering dozens of sites across the human genome that are strongly associated with a genetic predisposition to schizophrenia.
Jul 23, 2014
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Neuroscience
Uncovering clues to the genetic cause of schizophrenia
The overall number and nature of mutations—rather than the presence of any single mutation—influences an individual's risk of developing schizophrenia, as well as its severity, according to a discovery by Columbia University ...
May 28, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Brain mapping confirms patients with schizophrenia have impaired ability to imitate
According to George Bernard Shaw, "Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery – it's the sincerest form of learning." According to psychologists, imitation is something that we all do whenever we learn a new skill, ...
Mar 14, 2014
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Neuroscience
Human brains 'hard-wired' to link what we see with what we do
Your brain's ability to instantly link what you see with what you do is down to a dedicated information 'highway', suggests new UCL-led research.
Mar 13, 2014
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