In the great nature vs. nurture debate, nature just got a win. UCI research led by Amal Alachkar found that too much of a certain amino acid in utero caused schizophrenia in mice despite the quality of postpartum caregiving — and the study suggests that the same would be true with humans. The team plans to ...
For a long time, scientists have noted something curious about schizophrenia — there are almost no blind schizophrenics. The latest research now suggests that blindness does indeed protect a person from this psychological condition. Blindness and schizophrenia Researchers looked at data from about 467,945 kids born between 1980 and 2001 in Western Australia. Almost 1,870 ...
Schizophrenia, a brain disorder that produces hallucinations, delusions, and cognitive impairments, usually strikes during adolescence or young adulthood. While some signs can suggest that a person is at high risk for developing the disorder, there is no way to definitively diagnose it until the first psychotic episode occurs. MIT neuroscientists working with researchers at Beth ...
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