After four years of lab testing and complex neuro-decoding, a research team led by UNLV psychology professor James Hyman has struck a major breakthrough that could open the floodgates for research into the anterior cingulate cortex, or ACC, and how human brains learn. The research, published th
A gene associated with the risk of schizophrenia regulates critical components of early brain development, according to a new study led by researchers from Penn State University. The gene is involved in the translation of proteins from RNA and in the proliferation and migration of neurons in the brain. Understanding the function of this gene-described in a paper that appears online in the journal Molecular Psychiatry-could lead to more effective treatments for schizophrenia. "A recent study identified over 100 genes associated with schizophrenia risk, but their functions are largely unknown," said Yingwei Mao, associate professor of biology at Penn State and lead author of the study. "We investigated