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Originally posted 2016-11-01 09:10:25.

A sleep abnormality likely plays an important role in schizophrenia, according to sleep experts at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). In a review of the growing body of evidence linking a reduction in sleep spindle activity to schizophrenia, the researchers suggested that a better understanding of this sleep abnormality’s genetic underpinnings opens the door to new treatments for the psychiatric disorder. Their paper appeared in the October 15 issue of Biological Psychiatry.

Originally posted 2016-11-01 09:09:46.

A new paper, co-written by faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York, increases the understanding of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD)—one of the most common lethal genetic disorders—and points to potential therapeutic approaches.

Originally posted 2016-11-01 09:08:25.

People with Icelandic heritage are more likely to carry a novel rare mutation in the TM2D3 gene, which leads to greater risk for Alzheimer’s disease, based on a new study published October 14th, 2016 in PLOS Genetics by Johanna Jakobsdottir of the Icelandic Heart Association, Sven van der Lee of Erasmus University in Rotterdam, and colleagues.

Originally posted 2016-11-01 08:39:04.

Origen: Risperdal en niños hiperactivos – Etapa Infantil

Originally posted 2016-11-01 09:04:05.

Cuando las barbas de tu vecino veas cortar… A finales de octubre, la Comisión de Transparencia de la Alta Autoridad Francesa de Salud (Haute Autorité de Santé, HAS), solicitó que se dejasen de subvencionar cuatro de los medicamentos más utilizados para combatir el alzhéimer, ya que sus efectos son, “en el mejor de los casos, mínimos”.

Originally posted 2016-10-28 09:33:36.

Patients with Parkinson’s disease have a number of specific visual disturbances. These include changes in colour vision and contrast sensitivity and difficulties with complex visual tasks such as mental rotation and emotion recognition. We review changes in visual function at each stage of visual processing from retinal deficits, including contrast sensitivity and colour vision deficits to higher cortical processing impairments such as object and motion processing and neglect.