At present are unknown the precise causes of schizophrenia. (schizophrenia.com)
Research led by scientists from Duke - NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke - NUS) has linked the abnormal behaviour of two genes (BDNF and DTNBP1) to the underlying cause of schizophrenia. (sciencedaily.com)
Using iPSCs, researchers developed a novel cellular disease model to probe the neurobiological causes of schizophrenia, which are not well understood (ChangHui Pak, abstract 032.29, see attached summary). (sciencedaily.com)