May 6, 2009

Schizophrenia: Blocking Errant Protein Could Stem Runaway Brain Activity In Psychosis

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A study on schizophrenia has implicated machinery that maintains the flow of potassium in cells and revealed a potential molecular target for new treatments. Expression of a previously unknown form of a key potassium channel was found to be 2.5 fold higher than normal in the brain memory hub of people with the chronic mental illness and a hotspot of genetic variation.

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