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| Autism linked to schizophrenia
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| Researchers say they have discovered a link between childhood autism and mental illness in parents; they suggest that the parents of autistic children are twice as likely to have had a psychiatric illness.
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May 6, 2008 |
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| Blood Pressure Drug May Curb Brain Damage From Alzheimer's, Depression And Schizophrenia
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| A drug used to treat high blood pressure and enlargement of the prostate may protect the brain from damage caused by post-traumatic stress disorder, Alzheimer's disease, depression and schizophrenia.
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November 7, 2007 |
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| Clues Into How Preeclampsia May Surface In Some Pregnancies
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| The COMT gene -- known already for its role in schizophrenia -- has been found to play a role in preeclampsia, according to a report in today's advance on-line issue of Nature.
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May 12, 2008 |
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| Discovery of new area for exploration of schizophrenia
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| Schizophrenia may occur, in part, because of a problem in an intermittent on/off switch for a gene involved in making a key chemical messenger in the brain, scientists have found in a study of human brain tissue.
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October 17, 2007 |
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| Effective New Treatment For Schizophrenia
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| Schizophrenia is one of the most debilitating of the major psychiatric disorders, and is also one of the most difficult to treat.
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December 15, 2007 |
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| Ethnicity Predicts How Gene Variations Affect Response to Schizophrenia Medications
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| Different variations in the same gene influence how well different ethnic groups, and people within the same ethnic group, respond to various antipsychotic medications, report NIMH-funded researchers. If confirmed, their findings could one day help clinicians predict which medication is most likely to help a patient, based on his or her genetic makeup.
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January 9, 2008 |
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| FDA Approves First Anti-Psychotic for Kids
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| The powerful anti-psychotic drug Risperdal was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday for use in children and adolescents who have schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.
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August 22, 2007 |
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| Gene Mutation May Signal Schizophrenia
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| New Genetic Clues May Someday Provide Early Alert of Schizophrenia in Kids
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March 28, 2008 |
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| How Schizophrenia Develops: Major Clues Discovered
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| Schizophrenia may occur, in part, because of a problem in an intermittent on/off switch for a gene involved in making a key chemical messenger in the brain, scientists have found in a study of human brain tissue.
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October 18, 2007 |
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| Incorrectly Cleaved Protein Leads To Schizophrenia
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| The causes of schizophrenia are not yet clear. But now, VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that a disturbed cleavage of the Nrg-1 protein lies at the basis of the development of the disease. Greater understanding of this molecular process is a first step toward improved diagnosis and more effective treatment of schizophrenia and other related disorders.
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July 16, 2008 |
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| Knowing How Ketamine Impairs Brain Circuitry May Lead To New Therapies For Schizophrenia
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| Scientists know that the drug ketamine -- street name "Special K" -- can induce schizophrenia-like symptoms in drug abusers.
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December 10, 2007 |
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| Lack of motivation in schizophrenia linked to brain chemical imbalance
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| A study of patients with psychotic illnesses such as schizophrenia suggests an alternative explanation for why many sufferers lack motivation.
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May 8, 2008 |
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| Maternal Flu Linked To Schizophrenia, Autism In Child
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| A team of California Institute of Technology researchers has found an unexpected link connecting schizophrenia and autism to the importance of covering your mouth whenever you sneeze.
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October 17, 2007 |
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| Mice bred to mimic schizophrenia
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| US scientists have genetically modified mice to exhibit both the anatomical and behavioural defects associated with the complex condition schizophrenia.
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August 4, 2007 |
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| microRNAs provide more clues to genetics of schizophrenia
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| Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center have illuminated a window into how abnormalities in microRNAs, a family of molecules that regulate expression of numerous genes, may contribute to the behavioral and neuronal deficits associated with schizophrenia and possibly other brain disorders.
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May 11, 2008 |
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| Mouse model for schizophrenia
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| Scientists at Johns Hopkins have developed a mouse model for schizophrenia in which a mutated gene linked to schizophrenia can be turned on or off at will.
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September 11, 2007 |
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| Neuregulin 1 gene linked to schizophrenia
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| Scientists have provided new insight into how a gene is related to schizophrenia.
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August 12, 2007 |
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| New Drug Can Restore Social Ability In Schizophrenics
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| The social behaviour of rats displaying schizophrenic tendencies is restored when they are treated with two new potential drugs that seem to have unique effects on dopaminergic signalling.
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December 8, 2007 |
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| New Genetic Association With Schizophrenia Discovered
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| Schizophrenia emerges from an altered pattern of brain development, and researchers continue to search for the genes that cause the brain to develop along a path that ultimately leads to schizophrenia. Researchers have now discovered a new genetic link to schizophrenia.
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February 29, 2008 |
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| New Genetic Method Helps Identify Novel Genes For Schizophrenia
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| Scientists at the Zucker Hillside Hospital campus of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have identified nine genetic markers that can increase a person's risk for schizophrenia.
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December 4, 2007 |
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| New Link To Schizophrenia Discovered
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| Neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins have discovered that mice lacking an enzyme that contributes to Alzheimer disease exhibit a number of schizophrenia-like behaviors. The finding raises the possibility that this enzyme may participate in the development of schizophrenia and related psychiatric disorders and therefore may provide a new target for developing therapies.
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May 9, 2008 |
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| Nurse care for schizophrenia patients
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| Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by perceptional impairments and impairments in expression of reality manifesting as auditory hallucinations, paranoid delusions in the context of significant social or occupational dysfunction (Castle et.al, 1991). Diagnosis is based on the patient's self-reported experiences and observed behavior.
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May 6, 2008 |
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| Potential new treatment approach for schizophrenia
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| A new study reports important evidence for a potential new treatment approach for those diagnosed with schizophrenia.
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September 25, 2007 |
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| Protein Marker For Schizophrenia Risk
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| A protein found in immune cells may be a reliable marker for schizophrenia risk, report researchers in a new proteomics study.
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July 10, 2008 |
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| Schizophrenia candidate genes affect even healthy individuals
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| Do gene variants that convey risk for schizophrenia affect apparently healthy individuals? Although these genes are present in every human, individuals may have different versions of these genes, called alleles.
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October 1, 2007 |
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| Schizophrenia Candidate Genes Affect Even Healthy Individuals
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| Do gene variants that convey risk for schizophrenia affect apparently healthy individuals?
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October 3, 2007 |
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| Schizophrenia improved by mental and physical exercise
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| Scientists at Melbourne's Howard Florey Institute have shown that mental and physical exercise can improve behavioural deficits in schizophrenia and repair damaged chemical transmitter pathways in the brain.
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August 1, 2007 |
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| Schizophrenia Linked To Dysfunction In Molecular Brain Pathway Activated By Marijuana
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| Expression of the cannabinoid 1 receptor (CB1R), the site of action of the main chemical ingredient of marijuana, is significantly reduced in the brains of individuals with schizophrenia.
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July 8, 2008 |
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| Schizophrenics More Likely To Suffer From Ruptured Appendix
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| People with mental illness suffer more than just psychological problems. People with schizophrenia are more likely to suffer from ruptured appendix than others.
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November 16, 2007 |
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| Scientists discover epigenetic changes in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder
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| Scientists have discovered epigenetic changes (i.e. chemical changes to a gene that do not alter the DNA sequence) in individuals with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
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March 12, 2008 |
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| Siblings Of Schizophrenia Patients Display Subtle Shape Abnormalities In Brain
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| The researchers performed brain MRI scans in 25 patients with schizophrenia and their non-affected siblings and compared the scans with those of 40 healthy volunteers and their siblings.
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February 22, 2008 |
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| Toxoplasma Infection Increases Risk Of Schizophrenia
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| Findings from what is believed to be the largest comparison of blood samples collected from healthy individuals and people with schizophrenia suggest that infection with the common Toxoplasma gondii parasite, carried by cats and farm animals, may increase the risk of schizophrenia.
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January 18, 2008 |
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| What The Schizophrenia Risk Gene Does For A Healthy Brain
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| How the gene that has been pegged as a major risk factor for schizophrenia and other mood disorders that affect millions of Americans contributes to these diseases remains unclear.
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September 7, 2007 |
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