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Schizophrenia News Links *- #150

- compiled by John P. for Schizophrenics Anonymous


Below are news stories on schizophrenia that have recently been
released by news agencies. Find each story by clicking the web
addresses below. Sometimes it is necessary to eliminate "pop-up"
advertisements to reach the story.


* More on Default Mode of Brain in Schizophrenia


"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
brain networks, a Yale School of Medicine researcher reports." For
story, click:


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0313172329.htm


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* Survey Report on Weight Gain with Schizophrenia Medications


"New data presented at the 15th European Congress of
Psychiatry indicates that
the impact of weight gain and metabolic abnormalities associated with
antipsychotic
treatment now tops the list as the most problematic effect of
antipsychotic treatment,
according to 84 percent of European psychiatrists surveyed." For
story, click:


http://www.perssupport.nl/Home/Persb...l?itemId=91203


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* Connections in Higher Brain Network


"Yale School of Medicine and University of Crete School of
Medicine researchers report in Cell April 20 the first evidence of a
molecular mechanism that dynamically alters the strength of higher
brain network connections. This discovery may help the development
of drug therapies for the cognitive deficits of normal aging, and for
cognitive changes in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, or attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder." For story, click:


http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...p?newsid=68667


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* White Matter of Brain and Schizophrenia


"Scientists have suspected for more than two decades that
schizophrenia is linked to defects in the brain's white matter. They
could not tell, however, whether changes in the information-
transmitting region of the brain detected by brain scans or autopsies
were the cause or the symptoms of the illness. A new study not only
clarifies the association but also links it to genes previously tied
to the debilitating mental disorder and chemical changes believed to
occur in the schizophrenic brain." For story, click:


http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?art...2-99DF-3A95DD3...


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* Mouth Characteristics in Some Schizophrenia


"Research at the University of Maryland, Baltimore quantifies,
for the first time, how schizophrenia is apparently associated with a
broader hard palate and abnormalities in the teeth." For story,
click:


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...0314082032.htm


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