According to the "neurodevelopmental hypothesis," first proposed in 1987 by neuroscientist Daniel Weinberger, schizophrenia ... affect the activity of these placental genes — changing whether or not ...

Research from the University of Zurich and the University Hospital of Psychiatry, Zurich, suggests that because genetic risk ...

Mental illness may involve immune system changes and brain activity, not just brain chemicals, offering new treatment hope.

Some cases of schizophrenia may be caused by malformations ... "It is very unlikely that Tbx1 directly affects the brain at all." To pinpoint Tbx1, Zakharenko and colleagues studied lab mice ...

Mount Sinai researchers have identified for the first time the neural mechanisms in the brain that regulate both positive and ...