|
Note: We have included some relevant news stories written for our partner site, the Alzheimer Research Forum
|
 |
|
Search Research News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Browse Research News
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 to 25 of 689 results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Brain Anomalies in Schizophrenia Arise Early, Degrade Connectivity
18 June 2013.
Two new studies try for an integrated view of anomalies in schizophrenia by looking at both structure and function in the same people.
|
|
|
 |
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Can Drugs Boost Cognitive Therapies for Schizophrenia?
17 June 2013.
Neurocognitive deficits are a core feature of schizophrenia and are known to predict functional outcome in patients with this illness.
|
|
|
|
|
|
DISC1 Sequencing Suggests Many Rare Variants Still Unknown
14 June 2013.
Researchers sequenced DISC1 in more than 1,500 people, with and without mental illness, finding that the majority of variants had not been previously described.
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Is Schizophrenia a Progressive Disease?
11 June 2013.
It is a common notion that schizophrenia is progressive, but an ICOSR symposium made an emphatic assertion to the contrary...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Newborn Neurons Abundant in Adult Human Hippocampus
11 June 2013.
Using carbon-14 to estimate the age of neurons, researchers calculate that the human brain produces around 700 new neurons per day...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surprise Signals: Optogenetics Links Dopamine to Prediction Errors
10 June 2013.
Rewards can be powerful teachers, but it’s actually the surprising moments—when an anticipated reward doesn’t come or arrives unexpectedly—that drive the brain to learn...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Cognitive Neuroscience Addresses Schizophrenia
10 June 2013.
The ICOSR featured a series of short talks on "Cognitive Neuroscience Perspectives on Memory Network Dysfunction in Schizophrenia and Clinical Risk States"...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Big Changes Coming to NIH-Funded Brain Banks
10 June 2013.
The NIH has recently announced efforts to establish a federation of brain banks in the U.S. that will use a centralized data management system...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Schizophrenia-like Nrg1 Overabundance Repaired in Adult Mice
3 June 2013.
Lifelong schizophrenia-like overexpression of neuregulin 1 (Nrg1) can be reversed in mice...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Olfactory Clues to Schizophrenia
24 May 2013.
Clues to schizophrenia may lie right under, er, inside, the nose...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Creating Vulnerability via Epigenetics
23 May 2013.
Researchers presented new research linking early stress to methylation and altered gene expression associated with behavior and cognitive changes...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Schizophrenia in DSM-5 and ICD-11
22 May 2013.
With the May 17 publication date of the fifth revision of the DSM-5 rapidly approaching, clinicians and researchers alike were eager to hear about the upcoming changes...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Is the Psychosis Continuum for Real?
20 May 2013.
A symposium sought to further increase awareness of the presence of psychotic symptoms amongst individuals who do not meet diagnostic criteria for a psychotic disorder...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Safety Net: Perineuronal Nets Protect Interneurons Linked to Schizophrenia
17 May 2013.
A new study finds that a subgroup of prefrontal cortex interneurons appears to have protective shields against oxidative stress...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013: Mysterious RNAs Provide Clues for Schizophrenia
13 May 2013.
MicroRNAs (and one not-so-microRNA) took center stage in two symposiums at the International Congress for Schizophrenia Research held in Orlando, Florida...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sodium Nitroprusside Rapidly Quells Schizophrenia Symptoms
10 May 2013.
A shot in the arm may bring some rapid, not to mention long-lasting, relief to people with schizophrenia...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Probing the Effect of Psychosis on Brain Volume
8 May 2013.
Two recent longitudinal imaging studies attempt to refine the understanding of volume reductions in schizophrenia in a variety of brain regions...
|
|
|
|
|
|
IPRN 2013—Divvying Up the Prodrome
30 April 2013.
Given the 11 promising studies on treating early stages of psychosis, Robert Heinssen suggested a framework that treated people according to the severity of their symptoms...
|
|
|
|
|
|
IPRN 2013—Identifying and Treating the Psychosis Prodrome
26 April 2013.
More than 100 researchers gathered to discuss the early stages of oncoming psychosis at the meeting of the International Prodromal Research Network...
|
|
|
|
|
|
ICOSR 2013—Exploring Variation in Schizophrenia Around the Globe
24 April 2013.
As part of our ongoing coverage of the 2013 ICOSR, we bring you session summaries from some of the Young Investigator travel award winners...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Family Study Replicates Genetic Signals for Schizophrenia
19 April 2013.
A new, family-based study identifies many of the same genetic sites already implicated in schizophrenia by other methods...
|
|
|
|
|
|
News Brief: ENCODE Explained to the Rest of Us
11 April 2013.
In a mere three pages, researchers explain what ENCODE was about...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brain Anatomy Revealed With CLARITY
10 April 2013.
A method for examining the detailed structures of the intact brain with light microscopy debuts...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dissecting Phenotype to Approach Genetics of Schizophrenia
4 April 2013.
A close look at the genetic basis of 12 measures of brain function that are altered or impaired in schizophrenia turns up one clear clue and several possible leads...
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dialing Down Thalamus Disrupts Synchrony, Cognition
29 March 2013.
Reducing activity in the thalamus of mice can give rise to cognitive impairments similar to those seen in schizophrenia...
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 to 25 of 689 results |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See our most recent Schizophrenia Bulletin theme Webinar: 