How Microscopic Changes To Brain Cause Schizophrenic Behavior In Mice

The findings are published in an Early Edition of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. “We found several microscopic pathologies and behavioral traits that are hallmarks of schizophrenia, says Ulrich Mueller, Ph.D., a professor at Scripps Research who was senior author of the study. “These findings in mice may help shed light on how schizophrenia, an often severe and debilitating disease, emerges in humans.

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Filed under: Biology on February 25th, 2009