A simple cheek swab could one day provide a quick and noninvasive diagnostic test for schizophrenia. A new study published in ...

The case sample included 433 patients (227 males and 206 females) diagnosed with OCD. The onset was before the age of 15 years for 38% of the patients, and before 12 years of age for 21%. Diagnosis ...

Researchers identified elevated Sp4 mRNA and HSP60 protein levels in cheek cells from people with schizophrenia. These ...

Schizophrenia is a severe and debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations, disorganized speech and thought patterns, false beliefs about the world or oneself, difficulties ...

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A recent study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) analyzes structural brain asymmetries in schizophrenia. Study: Large-scale analysis of structural brain ...

In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a group of researchers investigated the influence of ketamine, a N-Methyl-D-Aspartate (NMDA) receptor antagonist, on mentalizing deficits ...

Machine learning can predict many things, but can it predict who will develop schizophrenia years before the average diagnosis time?

Schizophrenia is usually described as a disorder of thought, perception, and behaviour — a disease of the brain. Yet for years, researchers have noticed a quieter, more persistent pattern in the lives ...

All humans are born with unique traits. Some inherited traits are simple, like eye color or hair color, but some inherited traits can be life-altering. In the ...