Schizophrenia, a disturbance of functional connections within brain networks, has been extensively studied by MRI. However, functional alterations involving white
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Study explains why antipsychotic medications lead to weight gain, promote metabolic syndrome
Why do patients who receive antipsychotic medications to manage schizophrenia and bipolar disorder quickly gain weight and develop prediabetes and
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Blood test may predict signs of psychotic disorders in people: Study
Testing the levels of certain proteins in blood samples can predict whether a person at risk of psychosis or is
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Research offers promise for treating schizophrenia
Research by a University of Georgia psychologist shows that targeting one particular symptom of schizophrenia has a positive effect on
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Gene regulators work together for oversized impact on schizophrenia risk
Researchers have discovered that gene expression regulators work together to raise an individual’s risk of developing schizophrenia. Schizophrenia-like gene expression
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Preventing the onset of schizophrenia in mouse model
Although predisposing processes occur earlier, schizophrenia breaks out at young adulthood, suggesting it might involve a pathological transition during late
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Cannabis’ effects on brain neurochemistry
A new Addiction Biology study provides the first evidence of a blunted response to stress-induced dopamine signaling in the brain’s
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First step to induce self-repair in the central nervous system
Damaged peripheral nerves can regenerate after an injury, for example, following a forearm fracture. Axons, the long projections of neurons
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How procrastinators and doers differ genetically
Some people tend to postpone actions. In women, this trait is associated with a genetic predisposition towards a higher level
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Key step in cell protein production
Scientists at the University of Sheffield have discovered how genes create proteins in research which could aid the development of
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