Verbal lags in teenagers linked to schizophrenia
Falling behind in verbal development during the teenage years increases the risk for schizophrenia in adulthood, reports a study publishedContinue Reading
Tag: brain development
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
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
Psychiatric hotspot harbors head size gene
A single gene within a chromosomal region associated with autism, schizophrenia, and other brain disorders controls head size, according toContinue Reading
DISC1: Of mice, men, and…amoebas?
Recent findings in humans, mice, zebrafish, and even the humble amoeba offer new insights, confirm older ones, and in someContinue Reading
Filling in the function gap
Two new studies published in Neuron start to sort out how changes to DISC1, schizophrenia’s most famous gene, alter brainContinue Reading
The life and times of the human brain transcriptome
A dynamic view of transcription in the human brain has been revealed in two papers published in Nature. Both studiesContinue Reading
The DISC1 switch
Disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1), a major susceptibility factor for schizophrenia and other mental disorders, acts as a switch betweenContinue Reading
Petri dish insights into schizophrenia
Neurons have been successfully grown from stem cells derived from people with schizophrenia, according to a new study in Nature.Continue Reading
Synaptic jacks of all trades
Two recent papers explore the role of schizophrenia susceptibility factors neuregulin 1 and its receptor ErbB4 in brain development andContinue Reading
Unpacking reelin’s role in neuronal migration
While building a brain early in development, young neurons use several methods of transportation to reach their final destination. AContinue Reading
Large study pinpoints new genetic risk region for autism
Loss of a sizable region on chromosome 17 dramatically increases risk for autism and schizophrenia, according to a new studyContinue Reading
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