Month: February 2021

Feb 22 2021

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Positive symptom phenotypes appear progressively in “EDiPS”, a new animal model of the schizophrenia prodrome

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Prior to the diagnosis of schizophrenia, patients typically display attenuated positive, cognitive, and negative symptoms, during a period known as the prodrome 1. These symptoms increase in severity …

Feb 22 2021

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Psychedelics And Schizophrenia: What’s The Link?

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Psychedelics and schizophrenia share a history. Now, researchers are looking at how psychedelics may change the future. Can psychedelics help treat schizophrenia? LSD-25 sat on a shelf for five years...

Feb 22 2021

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Schizophrenia-associated SLC39A8 polymorphism is a loss-of-function allele altering glutamate receptor and innate immune signaling

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Schizophrenia is a complex and heterogenous disease that presents with abnormalities in glutamate signaling and altered immune and inflammatory signals. Genome-wide association studies have indicated …

Feb 22 2021

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This Upcoming Movie Could Actually Help the Image of Schizophrenia

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A woman living with schizoaffective disorder shares her thoughts on why the upcoming thriller “Fear of Rain” could help the image of schizophrenia beyond stereotypes and stigma.

Feb 22 2021

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Placenta’s Role in Schizophrenia ‘Bigger Than We Imagined’

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Schizophrenia-related genes in the placenta, coupled with a complicated pregnancy, may alter baby’s brain growth and raise the risk for schizophrenia.

Feb 21 2021

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Schizophrenia-associated SLC39A8 polymorphism is a loss-of-function allele altering glutamate receptor and innate immune signaling

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Schizophrenia is a complex and heterogenous disease that presents with abnormalities in glutamate signaling and altered immune and inflammatory signals. Genome-wide association studies have indicated …

Feb 21 2021

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A unique missense variant in the E1A-binding protein P400 gene is implicated in schizophrenia by whole-exome sequencing and mutant mouse models

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This study used whole-exome sequencing to investigate potential novel schizophrenia-causing genes in a Japanese family containing several members affected by severe or treatment-resistant …

Feb 21 2021

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This Upcoming Movie Could Actually Help the Image of Schizophrenia

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A woman living with schizoaffective disorder shares her thoughts on why the upcoming thriller “Fear of Rain” could help the image of schizophrenia beyond stereotypes and stigma.

Feb 21 2021

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Placenta’s Role in Schizophrenia ‘Bigger Than We Imagined’

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Schizophrenia-related genes in the placenta, coupled with a complicated pregnancy, may alter baby’s brain growth and raise the risk for schizophrenia.

Feb 21 2021

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Non-Stimulant ADHD NDA Resubmitted; Schizophrenia or Viral Encephalitis?

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A General Psychiatry case reports details the story of a male patient, age 16 years, who was hospitalized, diagnosed with schizophrenia, and then treated with aripiprazole (Abilify), only to find...