Something to sniff at
A new sniff-enabled device could help severely paralyzed people communicate and drive their wheelchairs, according to a report in theContinue Reading
Tag: neuroscience
DISC1, meet APP
With a new link to Alzheimer’s culprit, APP, the world of disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) biology is getting curiouser and curiouser.Continue Reading
Prescription: coffee and cigarettes?
Inspired by human studies showing that avid coffee drinkers and smokers have a lower risk of Parkinson’s disease, researchers findContinue Reading
Scientists finger neurexin 1 defects in autism
Several recent studies in people, mice, and honeybees have tied autism to neurexin 1, a protein that helps neurons communicateContinue Reading
Interneurons set stage for key schizophrenia molecules
Two new studies show that the neurons in charge of dampening electrical activity in the brain — known as interneuronsContinue Reading
Brain makeover
A short therapy session remodels the brains of musicians with a muscle-control disorder. Read this article at Scientific American Mind.
Disorganized brain signals in a mouse model of schizophrenia
Mice carrying a multi-gene deletion associated with schizophrenia exhibit disrupted communication between regions of the brain involved in working memory.Continue Reading
Convergence zone: top schizophrenia candidates linked
A new study outlines a connection between one suspected culprit in schizophrenia, NRG1, and another called DISC1. Read this articleContinue Reading
Watch, sleep, learn
Sleeping after watching can improve doing. Read this article at Scientific American Mind.
What lies between: extracellular matrix and schizophrenia
When searching for clues to schizophrenia in the brain, it’s important to look in the seemingly open space between neuronsContinue Reading
Serotonin receptors reduced in first-episode schizophrenia
The frontal cortex in people with schizophrenia contains abnormally low levels of the 5HT2A type of serotonin receptor, according to aContinue Reading
LRRTM2: A new synaptic partner for neurexin
A synapse-promoting protein called LRRTM2 has been identified as a ligand for neurexin, a protein linked to schizophrenia, autism andContinue Reading
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