Discovery of a link between genes which play a key role in brain development and a heightened risk of schizophrenia raises hopes for future therapiesPeople are more at risk of schizophrenia whether they inherit genes that lead to excessive loss of healthy brain synapses during adolescence,a major US study suggests.
Schizophrenia is known to have a genetic component but the research, published online in Nature on Wednesday, and links the disease with specific gene variants and a biological process called synaptic pruning - the elimination of connections between neurons,or brain cells.
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Source: theguardian.com