Australian researchers announced a breakthrough in the search for the cause of schizophrenia, linking the impaired thought processes involved with the disorder to thinning grey matter in the brain.
Vaughan Carr of the Neuroscience Institute of Schizophrenia and Allied Disorders said the discovery could provide a better understanding of the genetic causes of the illness and eventually lead to improved treatments.
“The importance of this research is that it links together for the first time abnormal brain structure and function in the one image and ties that with abnormal thinking in schizophrenia,” Carr said.
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Grohol, J. (2005). Breakthrough in study of schizophrenia announced. Psych Central. Retrieved on October 24, 2014, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2005/02/18/breakthrough-in-study-of-schizophrenia-announced/