Dissecting depression’s circuitry
With its wide range of symptoms and variable severity, depression might seem hopelessly complicated. But a spate of recent studiesContinue Reading
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Rita Levi-Montalcini dies at 103
SRF notes the passing of Nobel-prize winning neuroscientist Rita Levi-Montalcini on 30 December 2012 in Rome, Italy. She was 103.Continue Reading
Genetic clue to psychosis found on chromosome 16
A common variant at 16p11.2 increases risk of psychosis, according to a report published online November 20 in Molecular Psychiatry. TheContinue Reading
Dissecting cognition at the synapse
Two studies from the United Kingdom, published December 2 in Nature Neuroscience, use genetics and mouse-friendly touchscreens to dissect theContinue Reading
DSM-5 field tests reliably detect schizophrenia
Clinicians trying out the new version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM-5, largely come toContinue Reading
Autism protein connects neurons
An autism-linked protein called CASPR2 promotes the development of dendrites, the bushy structures atop neurons that receive signals from otherContinue Reading
Deciphering themes for schizophrenia’s genetic variation
Many of the diverse genes emerging for schizophrenia are bound together by a common role in brain development, according toContinue Reading
Molecules suspected in schizophrenia drawn closer together
A study in the October 23 Journal of Neuroscience reports that Shank3, a postsynaptic protein implicated in schizophrenia and autism,Continue Reading
Psychotic symptoms flag suicide risk
Psychotic symptoms may help identify teenagers prone to suicide, according to a study published online October 29 in Archives ofContinue Reading
WCPG 2012 — Phenotype and function in schizophrenia genomics
At one of the last talks of the 20th World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, held in Hamburg, Germany, Trevor RobbinsContinue Reading
WCPG 2012 — Schizophrenia GWAS make waves
The search for the common variants that contribute to psychiatric disorders using genomewide association studies (GWAS) continues, with new schizophreniaContinue Reading
WCPG 2012 — Animal models for psychiatric disorders?
Though psychiatric diseases are uniquely human, they have aspects that can be fruitfully modeled in animals, according to Tuesday’s plenaryContinue Reading
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