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New Details About DISC1’s Role in Cellular Compartments Emerge
18 May 2012. The many functions of the famous psychiatric disorder risk gene, disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1), continue to be revealed...
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Meta-Analysis Finds Antipsychotics Help Prevent Relapse in Schizophrenia
16 May 2012. Antipsychotic drugs significantly reduce the likelihood that a patient with schizophrenia will relapse...
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SIRS 2012: Can Schizophrenia Patients Put Trust in Oxytocin?
16 May 2012. In one of the last sessions of the 2012 SIRS meeting, a group of diehards heard a series of talks exploring the potential of oxytocin as a treatment for schizophrenia...
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Schizophrenia Researchers Gather in Florence
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Some 1,600 researchers and clinicians met amidst the public art of Florence, Italy, to discuss the latest in schizophrenia research at the Third Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) meeting. Both etiologic and therapeutic research were featured, and over the next few weeks, we will bring you reports from the sessions. Image caption: Neptune alert for clues to the mystery of schizophrenia.
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Schizowhat Aims to Educate
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Schizowhat.org is a thesis project of Meagan Steinkamp, a 22-year-old college student whose father was diagnosed with paranoid
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schizophrenia when she was eight years old. She kept her father’s schizophrenia a secret throughout her life, but eventually came to realize the implications of the misconceptions created by that silence. As a result Meagan started an online forum for people to speak out about their connections to schizophrenia. Click here to join the discussion.
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Welcome to the Schizophrenia Research Forum!
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Welcome to the Schizophrenia Research Forum website—a virtual community for science about schizophrenia and related disorders. Our Mission is to help researchers in their quest for causes, improved treatments, and better understanding of schizophrenia. Read more about ways to browse the site.
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What's New
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Conferences - Posted 21 May 2012
Schizophrenia Center Annual Symposium: 15 June 2012, Thomas B. Turner Building, Baltimore, MD, U.S.A. |
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Comments - Posted 21 May 2012
Read remarks by Ralph Hoffman about Brunelin J et al.
PAPER: Examining Transcranial Direct-Current Stimulation (tDCS) as a Treatment for Hallucinations in Schizophrenia. |
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Comments - Posted 21 May 2012
Read remarks by Karoly Mirnics about Malavasi EL et al.
PAPER: DISC1 variants 37W and 607F disrupt its nuclear targeting and regulatory role in ATF4-mediated transcription. |
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Comments - Posted 21 May 2012
Read remarks by Karoly Mirnics about Eykelenboom JE et al.
PAPER: A t(1;11) translocation linked to schizophrenia and affective disorders gives rise to aberrant chimeric DISC1 transcripts that encode structurally altered, deleterious mitochondrial proteins. |
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Comments - Posted 18 May 2012
Read remarks by Clemence Tshuma about Chuma J et al.
PAPER: Predicting the development of schizophrenia in high-risk populations: systematic review of the predictive validity of prodromal criteria. |
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Comments - Posted 16 May 2012
Read remarks by Kristin Bigos about
Malhotra AK et al.
NEWS: Melanocortin Receptor Linked to Antipsychotic-Induced Weight Gain |
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 See the first in our new Schizophrenia Bulletin theme section Webinar series: The Extended Psychosis Phenotype.
Check out our recent Webinar titled Cognitive Remediation in Schizophrenia: Ready for Widespread Use?, held 15 December 2011.
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New Schizophrenia Fact Sheet for Patients and Families
Latest BBRF Research Breakthroughs
Visit our Facebook page and our Blog.
Support the Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Today.
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SZGene
AlzGene
MSGene
PDGene
An up-to-date collection of all published genetic association studies.
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A community resource created by Jim Koenig, University of Maryland.
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We invite your comments and suggested edits to these facts about schizophrenia.
Compiled by Angus MacDonald, S. Charles Schulz, and the Minnesota Consensus Group.
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Watch NIH Videocasts!
New Insights Into Regulating Synaptic Plasticity From an Unexpected Place
Friday, May 18, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
Organizational Principles of Antagonistic Motor Circuits
Monday, May 21, 2012, 12:00 p.m.
STEP - Rethinking the Brain (HHS Only)
Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 9:00 a.m.
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