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: synapse
A lifeline for addicts
Restoring the brain’s flexibility may help addicts act on their desire to quit. Read this story at Scientific American Mind.
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
Autism protein connects neurons
An autism-linked protein called CASPR2 promotes the development of dendrites, the bushy structures atop neurons that receive signals from otherContinue 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
Through neurexin the twain shall meet
Two studies describe how neurexin, a molecule implicated in schizophrenia, helps assemble and maintain the disparate sides of the synapse.Continue Reading
Special delivery: Antipsychotic drugs in nerve terminals
In an interesting twist on antipsychotic action, a study in Neuron reports that these drugs are taken up into theContinue 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
Autism gene tied to neuronal wiring
An autism-linked protein called IL1RAPL1 helps neurons wire together, according to two studies published in September. These add to theContinue Reading
MeCP2 loss ups signal strength
Neurons lacking MeCP2, the protein deficient in Rett syndrome, have stronger signals than controls do when measured amid the electricalContinue 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
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