Research links variations in the gene GRIN2A to a higher risk of developing schizophrenia and other forms of mental illness.

In a breakthrough study, scientists have discovered that a variant in one gene, GRIN2A, can directly cause mental illness – ...

Childhood psychosis risk appears to increase significantly among carriers of this gene variant. In A Nutshell First ...

Mental illnesses are thought to directly impact about one in every seven people worldwide, according to the World Health ...

The links between neurons are crucial to the brain, and brain cells can reorganize they way they are linked together in a ...

A new study suggests a potential molecular strategy for treating fragile X syndrome, an inherited neurodevelopmental disorder that causes autism spectrum disorder and intellectual disability. This ...

Neurons generated from stem cells (from skin fibroblasts) of a patient with sporadic Alzheimer’s disease. Visualized with a specific green fluorescent marker. Nuclei are shown in blue. Researchers ...

relationship between anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and vaccination (or tumors). In addition, it is worth mentioning that HPV can cause cancers, and anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis is associated with ...

In a recent study published in Nature, researchers developed the MK-801 bimodal drug that successfully cures obesity, hyperglycemia, and dyslipidemia in mouse models of metabolic illness by combining ...