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Scripps Research Institute: Scientists identify age-associated defects in schizophrenia
Today's Medical & Research News Scientists identify age-associated defects in schizophrenia March 21st, 2010 Printer-Friendly Version Mental Health Psychiatric Psychiatry Schizophrenia Therapy Treatment The underlying causes of the debilitating...
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If both parents have mental disorder, high risk for kids
Children who have both their parents develop schizophrenia or bipolar disorder are more likely to develop the same illness or another psychiatric condition, than those with only one parent with psychiatric illness, according to a report in the March issue...
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Roche uniquely positioned to deliver long-term growth
Roche (SIX: RO, ROG; OTCQX: RHHBY) is set to strengthen its global leadership position in oncology and to expand in therapeutic areas such as metabolism, inflammation and diseases of the central nervous system.At its first investor conference following the...
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DTNBP1 (dysbindin) gene variants modulate prefrontal brain function in schizophrenic patients support for the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenias
Dysbindin (DTNBP1) is a recently characterized protein that seems to be involved in the modulation of glutamatergic neurotransmission in the human brain, thereby influencing prefrontal cortex function and associated cognitive processes.While association,...
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Roche uniquely positioned to deliver long-term growth
QX: RHHBY) is set to strengthen its global leadership position in oncology and to expand in therapeutic areas such as metabolism, inflammation and diseases of the central nervous system.At its first investor conference following the successful integration of...
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Can Infection-Related Schizophrenia be Prevented? [Clinical & Research News]
The identification of T.gondii and other infectious agents as possible factors in schizophrenia has implications for prevention and treatment. In their review of studies in AJP in Advance on infectious agents including T. gondii and the development...
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New Findings Boost Theory That Infection Causes Schizophrenia [Clinical & Research News]
A review of studies of maternal exposure to infectious agents and schizophrenia in their offspring suggests that eliminating certain infections could prevent as many as 30 percent of schizophrenia cases.Call it an instance of science being...
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Omega-3s May Have Ability to Delay or Prevent Psychosis [Clinical & Research News]
Supplements of omega-3 fatty acids have now been deployed against some of the most formidable psychiatric illnessespsychotic disordersand initial results are encouraging.Suppose you gave omega-3 fatty acids to a patient in the prodromal phase of ...
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TopAbstracts in Schizophrenia 03/18/2010
Major Depression and Psychoses: Screening, Accurately Diagnosing, and Properly Managing in Primary Care Consistent Approach and Assessment Tools Aid Screening for Major Depressive Disorder and Psychosis in Primary Care Navigating Differential Diagnosis in Major...
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Summary of opinion (initial authorisation) Olanzapine Apotex olanzapine
the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Olanzapine Apotex 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 7.5 mg and 10 mg, film-coated tablets and Olanzapine Apotex 5...
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Summary of opinion (initial authorisation) Olanzapine Apotex olanzapine
the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) adopted a positive opinion, recommending the granting of a marketing authorisation for the medicinal product Olanzapine Apotex 2.5 mg, 5 mg, 7.5 mg and 10 mg, film-coated tablets and Olanzapine Apotex 5...
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Roche to strengthen global leadership position in oncology, to expand therapeutic areas
Roche is set to strengthen its global leadership position in oncology and to expand in therapeutic areas such as metabolism, inflammation and diseases of the central nervous system.At its first investor conference following the successful integration of...
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Finding better treatment for schizophrenia, depression
Prof.Jonathan Rabinowitz, of Bar-Ilan University's Louis and Gabi Weisfeld School of Social Work, has joined an international consortium of scientists and pharmaceutical leaders to develop effective drugs for the treatment of schizophrenia and...
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Striatal dopamine hyperactivity found in schizophrenia
MedWire News: Patients with schizophrenia display hyperactive dopamine transmission at synapses within the associative striatum, results of an imaging study show.Since the striatum is an important information-processing unit within the brain, the...
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Risperidone Maintenance Treatment in Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Wang CY et al.Risperidone Maintenance Treatment in Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
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Risperidone Maintenance Treatment in Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
Wang CY et al.Risperidone Maintenance Treatment in Schizophrenia: A Randomized, Controlled Trial.
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UPDATE 2-AstraZeneca wins U.S. liability case on Seroquel
By Lewis Krauskopf and Kate Kelland NEW YORK/LONDON, March 18 (Reuters) - AstraZeneca Plc won a U.S.court battle on Thursday over product liability claims for its blockbuster Seroquel schizophrenia treatment, the first such case to go to trial.
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Temporal lobe grey matter volume in schizophrenia is associated with a genetic polymorphism influencing glycogen synthase kinase 3- activity
At the crossroad of multiple pathways regulating trophism and metabolism, glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)3 is considered a key factor in influencing the susceptibility of neurons to harmful stimuli (neuronal resilience) and is a target for several psychiatric...
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Novel mania scale allows diagnosis by non-professionals
MedWire News: A novel mania rating scales allows non-professionals in regular contact with a patient to diagnose a manic/mixed episode, say researchers who suggest the scale will complement current rating scales.The risk for misdiagnosing a manic patient...
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Quitting smoking would cut CV risk in schizophrenia patients
MedWire News: Schizophrenia patients are significantly more likely to smoke than the general population, and would have around a 90% reduction in their 10-year cardiovascular event (CVE) risk if they quit, the results of a Spanish study indicate.
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Scientists Find Link Between Pregnant Women with Flu and Schizophrenia
(The Sun) - Expectant mothers who catch the flu are more likely to have children who develop schizophrenia, The Sun reported Monday.American researchers gave pregnant monkeys a mild flu virus and later scanned their babies' brains. The results showed...
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Factors linked to service disengagement among FEP patients uncovered
MedWire News: Attention should be paid to service disengagement, alongside strategies to increase engagement, in the treatment of first-episode psychosis (FEP), say international researchers who also cite family involvement as a key factor.While there has...
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Brain Chemical Linked to Cognitive Decline in Schizophrenia
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The delusions and hallucinations associated with schizophrenia may be linked to a deficit in a brain chemical.This may open an important avenue of inquiry for improving cognitive function in the more than 2 million Americans who...
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Relative Risk of Probabilistic Category Learning Deficits in Patients with Schizophrenia and Their Siblings
Weickert TW et al.The results clarify previous discrepant findings pertaining to probabilistic category learning acquisition rate in schizophrenia and provide the first evidence for the relative risk of probabilistic category learning abnormalities in...
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Scientists Find Link Between Pregnant Women with Flu and Schizophrenia
Mar 2010, 7:52 AM MDT (The Sun) - Expectant mothers who catch the flu are more likely to have children who develop schizophrenia, The Sun reported Monday.American researchers gave pregnant monkeys a mild flu virus and later scanned their babies' brains...
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