Stress reworks dopamine systems
Stressful events contribute to the development of psychiatric illnesses, but what are the transducers of this connection? Two studies publishedContinue Reading
Category: Schizophrenia Research Forum
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
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
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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