Posts Tagged ‘schizophrenia’
Teen brain may be primed for addiction
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The teenage brain may be particularly wired to develop disorders like addiction and depression, a new study shows. Continue…
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Top Stories - Nov 29, 2011 11:10 - 2 Comments
People who meditate tune out daydreams
YALE (US) — People who are experienced meditators seem to switch off areas of the brain associated with daydreaming—and with psychiatric disorders such as autism and schizophrenia. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 22, 2011 9:51 - 0 Comments
Schizophrenia pops up in memory genes
CARDIFF (US) — Genetic mutations that cause schizophrenia could be linked to systems in the brain responsible for learning and memory, a study suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Nov 1, 2011 10:59 - 2 Comments
Mind-body reconnect in schizophrenia
VANDERBILT (US) — People with schizophrenia have a weakened sense of body ownership, a finding that suggests movement therapy may be useful in treating those suffering from the mental disorder. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Oct 25, 2011 9:37 - 3 Comments
Left-right brain ‘talk’ despite broken link
CALTECH (US) — People who are born without a link between the brain’s left and right hemispheres still show surprisingly normal communication across the gap. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 22, 2011 10:33 - 6 Comments
DNA variants linked to schizophrenia, bipolar
CARDIFF U. (UK) — Researchers have found new molecular evidence that 11 genetic regions have strong links to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, including six regions not previously observed. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 20, 2011 13:29 - 0 Comments
‘Cartoon’ maps brain’s tangle of synapses
CALTECH (US) — Biologists have come up with a visual way to tease apart the elusive details of the network that regulates the brain’s synapses. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Sep 1, 2011 11:52 - 0 Comments
Impulse control: It’s all about timing
VANDERBILT (US) — How the brain controls impulsive behavior may be significantly different than psychologists have thought for the last 40 years. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 25, 2011 16:22 - 1 Comment
Hyper hippocampus fuels schizophrenia?
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — New research may help explain how antipsychotic drugs manage the classic symptoms of schizophrenia, which in turn could help pinpoint what’s causing the disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jul 6, 2011 8:41 - 0 Comments
Monkeys grasp sense of ‘me’
U. BUFFALO (US) — Monkeys possess enough self-awareness to recognize that their actions can cause certain outcomes. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 26, 2011 11:12 - 1 Comment
Regretful monkeys wonder ‘what if’
YALE (US) — Regret has long been viewed as an exclusively human emotion, but a new study shows that monkeys also can be Monday morning quarterbacks and visualize alternative, hypothetical outcomes. (more…)
Science & Technology - May 6, 2011 13:46 - 0 Comments
If you give a computer schizophrenia…
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN / YALE (US) — Researchers were able to elicit schizophrenia-like symptoms in a virtual computer network, mimicking the excessive release of dopamine in the human brain. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Apr 14, 2011 15:59 - 0 Comments
Cell dysfunction adds to brain clutter
MCGILL (CAN) — The malfunction of a filter neuron inhibits the brain from sifting through information and separating the unimportant from the relevant. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 18, 2011 16:05 - 0 Comments
Bilingual neurons “speak” in sync
MCGILL (CAN) (US) — Single neurons are able to communicate in more than one “language” at a time to exchange information, a finding that may lead to better understanding of brain function and neural disease. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 2, 2011 17:17 - 0 Comments
Protein oversees junctures in brain
UC DAVIS (US) — An immune system molecule is able to regulate the number of connections between nerve cells in the brain possibly altering early development. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 8, 2011 14:14 - 2 Comments
Meds may exacerbate brain tissue loss
U. IOWA (US) — Loss of brain tissue that at times occurs in patients with schizophrenia may be accelerated by antipsychotic medication commonly used to treat the condition. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 27, 2011 18:49 - 1 Comment
Reward sets off ruckus in teen brain
U. PITTSBURGH (US) — The frenzy of neuron activity seen in adolescent rat brains when reward is on the line suggests a biological root to risky behavior in teenagers. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Dec 26, 2010 19:49 - 0 Comments
‘Mighty mouse’ runs on brain chemical
VANDERBILT (US) — By boosting the supply of a key brain chemical, researchers have engineered a fatigue-resistant mouse that can run on a treadmill twice as long as a typical mouse. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 9, 2010 12:19 - 2 Comments
How we hear ourselves speak
UC BERKELEY (US) — Your brain is listening to what you say—even in a noisy room—simultaneously filtering unwanted noise while amplifying the sounds you make and hear. (more…)
