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How Schizophrenia Affects The Brain
A Little Look Inside the Brain
One of the key strategies in the search for some biological basis for schizophrenia is to locate abnormalities in the structure of the brain. Comparing the size, volume, cell count and function of the brain can be undertaken during autopsy but, most significantly perhaps, the use of scanning techniques such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) allows investigation of the living brain. What have these investigations revealed? In this sharepost I highlight just a few of the approaches used in th...
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Expert & Community Posts
Time for a Gender Sensitive Approach to Treatment?
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Breakthrough in Schizophrenia Research
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Gene MEGF10 Linked to Schizophrenia
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Bipolar Thought Deficits: What We Can Learn From Schizophrenia Research
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Health Guide
Schizophrenia: Causes
...genetic factors, environmental and psychological assaults, and possible hormonal changes that alter the brain's chemistry.Abnormalities in Brain Structure, Circuitry, and ChemicalsBrain scans... Read more »Schizophrenia: Risk Factors
...impairment. Such patients usually have functioned at a near-normal level until structural deficits in the brain break down.GenderAlthough schizophrenia affects both men and women, there are some... Read more »Schizophrenia: Symptoms
...imaging techniques suggest that these findings are based on biologic changes in specific parts of the brain. In many patients, however, negative symptoms do not appear until after positive... Read more »Alcoholism: Treatment for Alcoholism
...similar to those in inpatient situations and include:Psychotherapy or counselingMedications that target brain chemicals involved in addictionSocial support groups such as Alcoholics... Read more »Schizophrenia: References
...repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in the treatment of resistant auditory hallucinations in schizophrenia: a meta-analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;68(3):416-21.Crespo-Facorro B,... Read more »Images
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