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
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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
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
DNA damage
Disorder-specific patterns of DNA damage in neurons mark the brain in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, according to a recent studyContinue Reading
Spontaneous mutations linked to bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder has joined the ranks of brain disorders associated with mutations called copy number variations (CNVs) — specifically spontaneously-occurringContinue Reading
Uninherited genetic glitches in schizophrenia
People with schizophrenia carry a higher number of copy number variations (CNVs) — gains and losses of DNA segments —Continue Reading
WCPG 2011 — A capital day for CNVs in schizophrenia
The first day of the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics, held in Washington, D.C., bolstered evidence that copy number variationsContinue 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
World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics 2010
New genetic clues for schizophrenia were unveiled at WCPG 2010 in Athens, Greece, where researchers emphasized that the hunt forContinue Reading
New genetic hot spot for schizophrenia?
People missing a certain segment of chromosome 3 are nearly 17 times more likely to have a schizophrenia diagnosis thanContinue Reading
Synaptic convergence
A new study fingers a diverse array of copy number variants (CNVs) — duplications or deletions of DNA — in schizophrenia. ManyContinue Reading
Evan Eichler: Following his instincts to autism’s hotspots
Evan Eichler discovered that some parts of the human genome are more prone to mutate than others. Now he isContinue Reading
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