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Abnormal Proteins Linked To Schizophrenia Found In Body Tissue
December 20, 2006 A new study suggests biochemical changes associated with schizophrenia aren't limited to the central nervous system and that the disease could have more encompassing effects throughout the body than ... > full story -
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High Risk Of Chronic Health Conditions Plagues Those With Schizophrenia
December 12, 2006 Both men and women with schizophrenia are significantly more likely to have one or more of 46 common chronic health conditions than individuals without mental illness, according to study led by ... > full story -
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Changes In Brain Density Can Help Predict Schizophrenia
December 7, 2006 Changes in brain density could be used to predict whether an individual who is at risk for schizophrenia is likely to develop the condition or not. A study published today in the open access journal ... > full story -
New Anti-Psychotic Drugs No Better Than Older, Cheaper Ones
December 4, 2006 A study led by the University of Manchester's Division of Psychiatry has found that schizophrenia patients respond just as well -- and perhaps even better -- to older psychiatric drugs as newer, ... > full story -
Older Medication May Be More Cost-Effective For Some Patients With Schizophrenia
December 1, 2006 A new study analyzing the economic implications of the Clinical Antipsychotic Trials of Intervention Effectiveness (CATIE) concludes that the older (first generation) antipsychotic medication ... > full story -
Blame Myelin For Many Neuropsychiatric Disorders
November 26, 2006 Neurologist George Bartzokis argues that the brain's miles of myelin are a key evolutionary change that may make us vulnerable to highly prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders. He argues that viewing ... > full story -
Studies Look At How Genes Affect Antipsychotic Drug Response
November 10, 2006 Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Pharmacy are attempting to discover how genes determine how well an antipsychotic medication works in adults and children and the side ... > full story -
Biomarkers For Psychosis
November 7, 2006 Scientists understand little of what goes wrong in a psychotic person's brain, but hope that brain imaging and systematic characterization of genetic activity and protein composition in the brain ... > full story -
Remember This: Receptors Govern How Brain Cells Communicate
October 23, 2006 An hour from now, will you remember reading this? It all depends on proteins in your brain called NMDA receptors, which allow your neurons to communicate with each other. University of Pittsburgh ... > full story -
Dopamine Imbalances Cause Sleep Disorders In Animal Models Of Parkinson's Disease And Schizophrenia
October 12, 2006 Neuroscientists at Duke University Medical Center working with genetically engineered mice have found that the brain chemical dopamine plays a critical role in regulating sleep and brain activity ... > full story
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