Month: July 2020

Jul 12 2020

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Cariprazine Trumps Risperidone for Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms

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Cariprazine is more effective than risperidone for persistent negative symptoms in schizophrenia and appears to be effective in patients resistant to previous treatment with other antipsychotic agents …

Jul 12 2020

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DNA hypermethylation correlated with reduced amygdala volume in male patients with schizophrenia

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Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan have revealed that DNA methylation occurs in the gene that codes serotonin transporter (SERT), a protein that regulates neurotransmitter transmission, in …

Jul 12 2020

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What’s Causing the Dyspnea, Choking Feeling in Woman With Schizophrenia?

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A 27-year-old woman presents to an emergency department (ED) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, due to a choking sensation and extreme shortness of breath. She states that her symptoms have varied...

Jul 12 2020

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People with delusions understand metaphor differently – here’s how it could help explain schizophrenia

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People with a diagnosis of schizophrenia will have been, just like anyone else, exposed to non-literal language from childhood. But research suggests that they have difficulty accurately interpreting …

Jul 12 2020

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Key role of immune cells in brain development

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Researchers have identified how specific brain cells interacting during development could be related to neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, including some that occur later in life.

Jul 11 2020

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Amygdala changes in male patients with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

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Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan have revealed that DNA methylation occurs in the gene that codes serotonin transporter (SERT), a protein that regulates neurotransmitter transmission, in …

Jul 11 2020

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Cariprazine Trumps Risperidone for Negative Schizophrenia Symptoms

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Cariprazine is more effective than risperidone for persistent negative symptoms in schizophrenia and appears to be effective in patients resistant to previous treatment with other antipsychotic agents …

Jul 11 2020

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DNA hypermethylation correlated with reduced amygdala volume in male patients with schizophrenia

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Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan have revealed that DNA methylation occurs in the gene that codes serotonin transporter (SERT), a protein that regulates neurotransmitter transmission, in …

Jul 11 2020

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People with delusions understand metaphor differently – here’s how it could help explain schizophrenia

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People with a diagnosis of schizophrenia will have been, just like anyone else, exposed to non-literal language from childhood. But research suggests that they have difficulty accurately interpreting …

Jul 11 2020

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What’s Causing the Dyspnea, Choking Feeling in Woman With Schizophrenia?

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A 27-year-old woman presents to an emergency department (ED) in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, due to a choking sensation and extreme shortness of breath. She states that her symptoms have varied...