Molecular Switch Boosts Brain Activity Associated With Schizophrenia
Thursday, August 14, 2008 - 12:28
in Biology & Nature
People with schizophrenia have an alteration in a pattern of brain electrical activity associated with learning and memory. Now, researchers have identified in mouse brain tissue a molecular switch that, when thrown, increases the strength of this electrical pattern. The researchers found that adding the brain chemical Neuregulin-1 to the brain tissue boosted the electrical signals that the tissue generated.