Schizophrenia Stories
Researchers Identify Key Genes and Prototype Predictive Test for Schizophrenia
A research team identified and prioritized a comprehensive group of genes most associated with schizophrenia that together can generate a score indicating whether an individual is at higher or lower risk of developing the disease. ‘Music’ of the Hemispheres Sheds New Light on Schizophrenia
Careful analyses of the electrical signals of brain activity, measured using electroencephalography (EEG), may reveal important harmonic relationships in the electrical activity of brain circuits. -
Brain's Dopamine Levels May Explain Why Some Are "Slackers" and Others "Go-Getters"
A person’s willingness to work may be determined by the levels of dopamine in three different parts of their brain, new research suggests. J&J to Pay $1.1 Billion Penalty over Risperdal in Arkansas
Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson must pay $1.1 billion penalty over shady marketing of its antipsychotic drug Risperdal. Stem Cell Research: Schizophrenia Brain Abnormalities Found Through the Nose
Scientists have identified some molecules that are responsible for brain cells that reproduce more rapidly in schizophrenic patients by examining cultured neural stem cells derived from the nose of healthy and schizophrenic individuals, according to a new study. -
Brain Changes in Teens Linked with Schizophrenia
Teens diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychoses appear to show greater decreases in the brain's gray matter volume and increases in cerebrospinal fluid in the frontal lobe compared to healthy adolescents without a diagnosis of psychosis. -
Brain Cell Malfunction Discovery in Schizophrenia
Researchers have discovered a brain cell malfunction in schizophrenia as DNA stays too tightly wound in certain brain cells of schizophrenic subjects. -
Could White House 'Jesus' Shooter be a Paranoid Schizophrenic?
The 21-year- old man who calls himself the modern day "Jesus" that's accused of opening fire on the White House, is believed to have a possible case of paranoid schizophrenia, but has yet to be treated. Gene Mutations Linked to Schizophrenia
A new study from researchers at Hudson Alpha Institute for biotechnology, indicate non-familial genetic mutations may account for about half of schizophrenia cases. The future for stem cell applications is indeed promising
An article in the current issue of Technology & Innovation, Proceedings of the National Academy of Inventors â„¢ reports on the bright future and enormous need for stem cell therapeutics that may offer hope for those suffering from debilitating and deadly diseases. Stem cell transplantation may offer therapy through "simple cell replacement" procedures to restructure damaged organs, tissues and cells, or provide methods for "reawakening" biological cues to regenerate cells. A 'brain wave' test for schizophrenia risk?
There is a significant need for objective tests that could improve clinical prediction of future psychosis. -
Brain development goes off track as vulnerable individuals develop schizophrenia
Two new research studies published in Biological Psychiatry point to progressive abnormalities in brain development that emerge as vulnerable individuals develop schizophrenia.
