New findings linking brain immune system to psychosis
Credit: Stefan Zimmerman New research at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden suggests a link between psychosis and a genetic change that affects the brains immune system. The study published in Molecular Psychiatry may impact the development of modern medicines for bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. Psychosis affects approximately 2-3 per cent of the population and is characterized by a change in the perception of reality, often with elements of hallucinations and paranoid reactions. Most of the ...
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