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Scientists use anti-psychotics to treat flies displaying behavioral problems linked to schizophrenia-associated genes Scientists have successfully treated flies displaying behavioral problems linked to newly discovered schizophrenia-associated genes in humans, using common anti-psychotics. Schizophrenia is a severe long-term mental health condition that is historically poorly understood and treated. It is relatively common, affecting one to two per cent of the population, and is known to be up to 80 per cent genetic in origin. Recent advances in sequencing genomes of people with schizophrenia...

Images of a groups of fruit flies (small black dots) placed in a triangular arena. Normal flies (left triangle) like to be a certain distance apart showing their preference for social space, flies mutants in the schizophrenia-associated Rim gene (right) prefer increased in social distance. Mutations in the schizophrenia associated cacophony calcium channel gene causes a reduction in calcium signalling in the memory centres of the fly brain called the mushroom body (the two L shaped structures in the images) resulting in memory loss in the flies. Share this article Pres...

 E-Mail IMAGE: 1. Images of a groups of fruit flies (small black dots) placed in a triangular arena. Normal flies (left triangle) like to be a certain distance apart showing their preference for... view more  Credit: University of Bristol Scientists have successfully treated flies displaying behavioural problems linked to newly discovered schizophrenia-associated genes in humans, using common anti-psychotics. Schizophrenia is a severe long-term mental health condition that is historically poorly understood and treated. It is relatively common, affecting one to two per cent of the p...