“The MHC [locus] is the first and the strongest genetic association for schizophrenia, but many people have said this finding is not useful,” said psychiatric geneticist Patrick Sullivan of the ...

Not only that, the findings fit nicely with one of the leading hypotheses of schizophrenia: that the illness is caused by problems in the synapses of glutamate neurons, where NMDA receptors are ...

Neural activity determines which synapses are preserved ... Excessive pruning is associated with schizophrenia, leading to reduced synaptic connectivity, while insufficient pruning may contribute ...

Cannabis appears to aggravate already decreasing nerve connectivity in young adults at risk of psychosis, a new study has ...

Schizophrenia might be among the most intensely studied mental illnesses. However, its causes—and the way those causes manifest in the brain—remain frustratingly elusive. A new study published ...

Taken together, these papers highlight an emerging view of schizophrenia as a failure in communication at the synapse (the union between neurons) and illustrate how different types of genetic ...

"Schizophrenia is not yet diagnosed by any ... They identified decreased activity in the neural synapses, the active ...

The symptoms of schizophrenia vary greatly from person to person. A new study shows how these differences manifest themselves in the structure of the brain. The symptoms of schizophrenia vary ...

A recent study from Northwestern University has uncovered a genetic factor that may play a key role in autism. Researchers found that a specific gene affects how brain cells form connections during ...

Both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia can cause hallucinations and delusions, but symptoms are more severe in schizophrenia. Bipolar disorder involves shifts in energy and mood. Bipolar disorder ...

Cannabis is a known risk factor for developing psychosis that can progress to schizophrenia but this ... s natural process of refining and pruning synapses, which is essential for healthy brain ...