High blood levels of growth factor correlate with smaller brain areas in patients with schizophrenia

Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

High blood levels of a growth factor known to enable new blood vessel development and brain cell protection correlate with a smaller size of brain areas key to complex thought, emotion and behavior in patients with schizophrenia, researchers report.

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