The study could help explain how genes and environment work together to
produce schizophrenia and may even point to ways of lowering the risk of the disease.
«While this study does not show that these common gene variants
produce schizophrenia per se, it elegantly suggests that these variants may contribute to declines in intelligence, a clinical feature associated with schizophrenia,» commented Dr. John Krystal, Editor of Biological Psychiatry.
This apocalyptic film concerns the provocative idea of horror books
producing schizophrenia in readers, while simultaneously opening the doors to unnamable horrors from beyond.
Not exact matches
There was no tension or
schizophrenia produced in their souls, because for them the eternal was better than the temporal, the other - worldly better than this world.
At lower doses, it temporarily
produces the same
schizophrenia - like effects as PCP.
NICE, the agency that
produces clinical guidelines for the UK National Health Service, recommends that talking therapies should be offered to all those with
schizophrenia, in addition to antipsychotic drugs.
The researchers found that female mice given LPA - containing serum or LPA alone displayed hyperactivity upon stimulation, showed anxiety and had increased numbers of dopamine -
producing neurons — all which are characteristic of
schizophrenia and other psychiatric disorders.
Now, by dampening the activity of a small group of neurons deep within the mouse brain, researchers have
produced cognitive deficits similar to those found in those with
schizophrenia, a discovery that they say could potentially lead to new treatments for the disorder, which affects roughly 24 million people worldwide.
An additional study in infant macaques, which mimicked exposure to a hormone also associated with increased
schizophrenia risk,
produced similar results.
The molecules
produced during gluten digestion include exorphins, which have also been found in the spinal fluid of people with
schizophrenia and autism, and are thought to worsen the symptoms of these neurological diseases.
These discoveries led to speculation that endogenous DMT — perhaps
produced in excess or improperly regulated by the body — contributes to
schizophrenia and other mental illnesses.
The brother with
schizophrenia had almost none; thus, his dopamine genes were
producing much higher levels of neurotransmitter than his brother's.
This video
produced by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, tries to increase understanding of the symptoms and treatment for
schizophrenia.
Genome mapping initiatives have been tremendously successful,
producing a tsunami of genetic information about diseases ranging from cancer to
schizophrenia.
Howard Hughes Medical Institute researchers have
produced a genetically altered mouse that exhibits behavioral abnormalities that are strikingly similar to those observed in humans with
schizophrenia...
The authors hope that this research is the first step towards
producing a test to identify certain forms of depression and
schizophrenia.
She suspects, too, that the same neural circuits may be going into «overdrive» in
producing the repetitive behaviors found in disorders such as obsessive - compulsive disorder, Tourette's Syndrome, autism, and
schizophrenia.
Giving fish oils to adults diagnosed with
schizophrenia has not
produced good results — it appears the key is to give fish oil to youth before it's too late, thus changing the trajectory of the disease.
Review: risperidone
produces more clinical improvement and causes fewer extrapyramidal side effects in
schizophrenia
The results are consistent with other biological studies which point to the likely interaction of several genes in
producing complex disorders such as autism [36] and
schizophrenia [37].
Large doses of amphetamine given to people with no history of psychological disorders
produce behavior which is very similar to paranoid
schizophrenia.