Bipolar disorder has joined the ranks of brain disorders associated with mutations called copy number variations (CNVs) — specifically spontaneously-occurring ones — in a new study published in Neuron. The findings suggest that bipolar disorder lies on the milder end of a continuum of brain disorders that includes schizophrenia, autism, and intellectual disability.
Read this article at Schizophrenia Research Forum.
Bipolar disorder has joined the ranks of brain disorders associated with mutations called copy number variations (CNVs) — specifically spontaneously-occurring ones — in a new study published in Neuron. The findings suggest that bipolar disorder lies on the milder end of a continuum of brain disorders that includes schizophrenia, autism, and intellectual disability.
Read this article at Schizophrenia Research Forum.