Schizophrenia News

Posted February 9, 2012:

• Gene Therapy Boosts Brain Repair for Demyelinating Diseases

Posted February 3, 2012:

• Schizophrenia: When Hallucinatory Voices Suppress Real Ones, New Electronic Application May Help

Posted February 2, 2012:

• Gene Regulator in Brain's Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan

Posted January 25, 2012:

• In Schizophrenia Research, a Path to the Brain Through the Nose

Posted January 10, 2012:

• Brain Activity Linked to Delusion-Like Experience

Posted January 4, 2012:

• New Gene That Regulates Body Weight Discovered

Posted January 2, 2012:

• Schizophrenia Diagnosis Associated With Progressive Brain Changes Among Adolescents

Posted December 28, 2011:

• Brain Cell Malfunction in Schizophrenia Identified

Posted November 23, 2011:

• Researchers Discover Clues to Developing More Effective Antipsychotic Drugs

Posted November 17, 2011:

• Unraveling How a Mutation Can Lead to Psychiatric Illness

Posted November 15, 2011:

• Mental Illness: Early-Life Depression and Anxiety Changes Structure of Developing Brain

Posted November 4, 2011:

• Brain Parasite Directly Alters Brain Chemistry

Posted October 31, 2011:

• Putting the Body Back Into the Mind of Schizophrenia

Posted October 25, 2011:

• How Cannabis Causes 'Cognitive Chaos' in the Brain

Posted October 14, 2011:

• Differing Structures Underlie Differing Brain Rhythms in Healthy and Ill, Virtual Modeling Reveals

Posted October 13, 2011:

• Schizophrenia Genetics Linked to Disruption in How Brain Processes Sound

Posted October 12, 2011:

• By Reprogramming Skin Cells Into Brain Cells, Scientists Gain New Insights Into Mental Disorders

Posted October 3, 2011:

• Severely Impaired Schizophrenics Enter Dynamic Cycle of Recovery After Cognitive Therapy

Posted September 27, 2011:

• Atypical Antipsychotics Appear to Be Effective for Only Few Off-Label Uses, Study Suggests

Posted September 25, 2011:

• Mice Stem Cells Guided Into Myelinating Cells by the Trillions

Posted September 21, 2011:

• Twin Study Reveals Epigenetic Alterations of Psychiatric Disorders

Posted September 19, 2011:

• Common Genetic Contributions to Mental Illness Discovered
• Bidirectional Relationship Between Schizophrenia and Epilepsy, Study Finds

Posted September 8, 2011:

• Mutation Links Inherited Narcolepsy With Multiple Neuropsychiatric Disorders

Posted August 25, 2011:

• Major Brain Similarities Found in Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia

Posted August 24, 2011:

• Building a Better Antipsychotic Drug by Treating Schizophrenia's Cause: How Drugs Act on Dopamine-Producing Neurons

Posted August 9, 2011:

• Psychiatrists Failing to Adequately Monitor Patients for Metabolic Side-Effects of Prescribed Drugs, UK Study Suggests

Posted August 7, 2011:

• Mutations Not Inherited from Parents Cause More Than Half the Cases of Schizophrenia

Posted August 2, 2011:

• Use of Antipsychotics for Reducing Military-Related Chronic PTSD Symptoms Does Not Appear Effective

Posted July 12, 2011:

• The Metabolic Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs

Posted July 10, 2011:

• New Genetic Clues for Schizophrenia; De Novo Mutations More Frequent, Study Finds

Posted June 16, 2011:

• Structural Biologists Reveal Novel Drug Binding Site in NMDA Receptor Subunit

Posted May 24, 2011:

• Why People With Schizophrenia May Have Trouble Reading Social Cues

Posted May 17, 2011:

• A 'Brain Wave' Test for Schizophrenia Risk?

Posted May 11, 2011:

• Brain Development Goes Off Track as Vulnerable Individuals Develop Schizophrenia

Posted May 5, 2011:

• Scientists Afflict Computers With 'Schizophrenia' to Better Understand the Human Brain
• Can Social Deficits of Autism and Schizophrenia Be Modeled in Animals?

Posted April 26, 2011:

• Structural Biologists Reveal Molecular Architecture of Key NMDA Receptor Subunit

Posted April 19, 2011:

• Scientists Examine Psychiatric Disorders Linked With Epilepsy

Posted April 17, 2011:

• L-Lysine May Help Schizophrenia Sufferers Cope

Posted April 13, 2011:

• Patients' Own Cells Yield New Insights Into the Biology of Schizophrenia

Posted April 6, 2011:

• Brain Development Switch Could Affect Schizophrenia, Other Conditions

Posted April 5, 2011:

• How Marijuana Affects the Way the Brain Processes Emotional Information
• One Step Closer to a Diagnostic Test for Schizophrenia

Posted March 28, 2011:

• No Two of Us Are Alike -- Even Identical Twins: Pinpointing Genetic Determinants of Schizophrenia
• Other Mental Health Medications No Safer Than Atypical Antipsychotics in Nursing Home Residents, Study Suggests

Posted March 21, 2011:

• How Different Strains of Parasite Infection Affect Behavior Differently
• Life Expectancy of UK's Severely Mentally Ill Dramatically Reduced Due to Poor Physical Health

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