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Research reveals brain connectivity is disrupted in schizophrenia
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Schizophrenia, a neurodevelopmental illness characterised by psychosis, is hypothesised to result from disorganisation in brain connections and functional integration. A recent study published by Elsevier in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging finds changes in func
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Study sheds more light on early interventions for Huntington's disease
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Huntington's disease is the most prevalent neurodegenerative ailment caused by a single gene, with motor and cognitive abnormalities as well as behavioural symptoms. There are no medicines that can stop or reverse the condition at the moment, but new research from Boston Children's Hospital
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Scientists create AI language models that identify signs of schizophrenia
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Scientists have created new tools based on AI language models that may identify tiny signs in the speech of individuals with schizophrenia.
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Research finds genetic links between schizophrenia, heart disease risk fac
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to new research, people with schizophrenia have a genetic susceptibility to smoking as well as a lower genetic risk of obesity. The study, published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, showed a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and CVD risk factors, notably BMI and smoking.
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Study discovers genetic links between schizophrenia, heart disease risk fa
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to new research, people with schizophrenia have a hereditary tendency to smoke and a lower genetic risk of obesity. The study, which was published in The American Journal of Psychiatry, discovered a genetic overlap between schizophrenia and CVD risk factors, specifically body mass
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Schizophrenia genetic risk factor weakens mitochondrial function: Study
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Researchers have investigated overlapping patterns of altered gene activity in two separate models of the 3q29 deletion syndrome, including human brain organoids and mice with the deletion produced via CRIPSR. Mitochondrial activity has declined in each of these systems.
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Study reveals how Schizophrenia genetic risk factor weakens mitochondrial
Updated : 5 months, 2 weeks ago IST
By examining the strongest known genetic risk factor for schizophrenia, scientists at Rutgers University and Emory University are learning more about how the disease manifests.
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Study identifies potential targets for treatment of neuropsychiatric disea
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
The brain undergoes continual change throughout development and adolescence. Early adulthood is a common time for the onset of neuropsychiatric disorders like schizophrenia. The dopamine system, which is necessary for thinking clearly and making decisions, starts to malfunction at this stage
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Israeli discovery opens door to new treatments for Autism
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Dr Haitham Amal and his team at the university's School of Pharmacy in the Faculty of Medicine discovered a direct connection between nitric oxide (NO) levels in the brain and behaviours associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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Study reveals possible target for treating neuropsychiatric disorders in t
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Throughout development and adolescence, the brain is constantly changing. Neuropsychiatric illnesses, such as schizophrenia, frequently emerge in early adulthood. During this stage of development, the dopamine system, which is required for cognitive processing and decision-making, begins to
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Researchers give more insight into association between autoimmunity, schiz
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Autoantibodies, or immune system-produced proteins that may function against one's own body, have been linked to reports of schizophrenia. A minority of schizophrenia patients had autoantibodies that targeted neurexin 1, a "synaptic adhesion protein," according to a study published last mont
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Vitamin D affects growing neurons in brain's dopamine circuit: Study
Updated : 2 years, 9 months ago IST
Using cutting-edge technologies, neuroscientists at The University of Queensland have discovered how vitamin D deficiency impacts growing neurons in schizophrenia.
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