Memories are formed at structures in the brain known as dendritic spines, which communicate with other brain cells through “synapses.” The number of these brain connections decreases by half after puberty in a process termed adolescent “synaptic pruning” that is necessary for normal learning in adulthood. However, the pruning away of unnecessary synapses does not...
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Pitt study provides clues to relationship between schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis
PITTSBURGH, Feb. 24, 2017 – An in-depth computational analysis of genetic variants implicated in both schizophrenia and rheumatoid arthritis by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh points to eight genes that may explain why susceptibility to one of the disorders could place individuals at lower risk for the other, according to the results of a...
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Sufferers of schizophrenia
Sufferers of schizophrenia ‘may have a treatable immune disorder’ that could be completely cured Experts found 1 in 11 psychosis cases involved antibodies attacking the brain Antibodies attacked the ‘NMDA receptor’ – which can cause encephalitis The findings could open up a different route to tackling mental illness, they say By Stephen Matthews For Mailonline...