Broccoli Sprout Compound May Restore Brain Chemistry Imbalance Linked to Schizophrenia
In a series of recently published studies using animals and people, researchers say they have further characterized a set of chemical imbalances in ...
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Viral Infections During Pregnancy Linked to Behavioral Abnormalities in Offspring
Male and female rats whose mother experienced a simulated viral infection during pregnancy behave abnormally, consistent with behavioral alterations ...
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Advanced Paternal Age Increases Risk of Early-Onset Schizophrenia in Offspring
Advanced paternal age increases the risk in offspring of early-onset schizophrenia, a severe form of the disorder, according to a new ...
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Growing up in poverty increases diagnoses of psychosis-spectrum mental illnesses
Study followed families for three decades
Growing up in impoverished urban neighborhoods more than doubles your chances over the average person of developing a psychosis-spectrum disorder by the time you reach middle adulthood, according to a new UC Davis and Concordia University study of nearly 4,000 families who were monitored over 30 years.
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Breakthrough in schizophrenia identifies importance of immune cells
Researchers from NeuRA and UNSW have made a major discovery in schizophrenia research that could open doors to new treatments, research and therapies.
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Schizophrenia: Restoring brain circuitry to improve symptoms
Researchers pin down the faulty brain circuitry that drives negative symptom severity in schizophrenia and look at noninvasive methods of targeting and "repairing" this breakdown.
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Neuromelanin-Sensitive MRI Identified as a Potential Biomarker for Psychosis
Researchers have shown that a type of magnetic resonance imaging — called neuromelanin-sensitive MRI (NM-MRI) — is a potential biomarker for psychosis. NM-MRI signal was found to be a marker of dopamine function in people with schizophrenia and an indicator of the severity of psychotic symptoms in people with this mental illness.
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