The research group led by Prof. Alex Schier, Director of the University of Basel’s Biozentrum, has identified 30 genes associated with schizophrenia. The team was able to show which pa... Read more
Playing games in virtual reality (VR) could be a key tool in treating people with neurological disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. The technology, according to a... Read more
UCLA researchers, in global collaboration, gain new understanding of brain architecture of autism, schizophrenia Since the completion of the groundbreaking Human Genome Project in 2003, rese... Read more
A study recently published in Translational Psychiatry, a Nature journal, has shown how using cultured cells from patients with psychotic disorders, such as schizophrenia, to investigate abn... Read more
In one of the biggest breakthroughs in schizophrenia research in recent times, Professor Cynthia Shannon Weickert at Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) has identified immune cells in gr... Read more
Researchers at the Federal University of SĂŁo Paulo (UNIFESP) in Brazil have tested a treatment with sodium nitroprusside in a strain of rats that spontaneously develop some of the symptoms a... Read more
An experimental therapy which involves a face-to-face discussion between a person with schizophrenia and an avatar representing their auditory hallucination may help reduce symptoms, when pr... Read more
Overriding the Urge to Sleep The work was done in the laboratory of Viviana Gradinaru (BS ’05), assistant professor of biology and biological engineering, Heritage Medical Research Ins... Read more
Team uses chemical compound to restore affected brain regions; findings could lead to new treatment strategies Researchers have successfully disrupted a genetic chain of events in a mouse mo... Read more
A mild zap improves cognitive control in people with schizophrenia and may lead to new therapies. The global burden of schizophrenia is greater than that of untreated AIDS, metastatic cancer... Read more
Rodent research suggests feasibility of restoring neuron function Research from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio suggests the exciting p... Read more