In schizophrenia, dopamine is tied to hallucinations and delusions. That’s because brain areas that "run" on dopamine may become overactive. Antipsychotic drugs stop this.

However, our research suggests that accelerated brain ageing could be another potential driver in the development of schizophrenia – and this can be measured using a simple blood test. Our study ...

How Schizophrenia affects the brain Date: September 11, 2013 Source: University of Iowa Summary: A study has been published using brain scans to document the effects of schizophrenia on brain tissue.

The brain changes associated with schizophrenia may start in small regions and then expand through the brain over time – but the mechanism behind this is a mystery. Schizophrenia is a condition ...

Improved schizophrenia therapies might soon be possible thanks to new research at Ohio State that discovered a connection between the interactions of two brain cell proteins — MAP6 and Kv3.1 ...

These brain changes, in turn, were linked to negative symptoms of schizophrenia specific to motivational deficits, such as difficulties in finding work, relationships or school.

The "default mode," or baseline condition when the brain is idling, is not properly coordinated in patients with schizophrenia and this aberrant activity may be caused by poor connectivity between ...

Schizophrenia, which affects up to 1% of the population, is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by multiple symptoms. One of the most common, and for which there is no treatment, is apathy ...

Severe inflammation very early in childhood might hamper the development of key brain cells, perhaps setting the stage for conditions such as autism or schizophrenia, new research suggests.