Schizophrenia Research Forum Omnibus
Here I post a backlog of news stories I’ve written for Schizophrenia Research Forum since March 2013 — 30 inContinue Reading
Tag: dopamine
Brain scanners turn to mice
Mice carrying a truncated form of DISC1, a gene related to psychiatric illness, also show defects in the dopamine systemContinue Reading
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
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
Blunting psychosis without side effects
In Molecular Psychiatry last week, researchers presented two new drugs that show antipsychotic-like effects in mice, without the side effects associatedContinue Reading
SIRS 2012 — Predicting psychosis with brain imaging
A cadre of brain imagers presented their efforts to detect the brain changes behind psychosis onset, with a focus onContinue Reading
Target potassium channels for schizophrenia?
Adding extra dopamine receptors to the mouse striatum—a manipulation that models the overactive dopamine signaling hypothesized in schizophrenia—can substantially remodelContinue Reading
Omens of psychosis?
An overactive dopamine system in the brain precedes the onset of psychosis, according to a recent study in American JournalContinue Reading
Parsing dysbindin
There’s something for everyone’s pet hypothesis of schizophrenia in two recent studies of dysbindin-1, a protein involved in shuttling proteinsContinue Reading
How partners prevent addiction
Strong interpersonal relationships can help ward off addiction, and monogamous prairie voles offer clues as to why. Read this articleContinue Reading
WCPG 2011 — Deciphering dysbindin
A session devoted to dysbindin, a protein encoded by a gene linked to schizophrenia, showed more than a few biologistsContinue Reading
The long arm of dopamine signaling
Altering dopamine signaling in one part of the brain can have substantial repercussions elsewhere, according to a new study inContinue Reading
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