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Illuminating the Striatum: Optical Techniques Help Clarify the Role of D2 Receptors 22 July 2010. The striatum, the initial processing region for cortical input to the basal ganglia, is of great interest to schizophrenia...
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Dynamic Duo: DISC1 and Dixdc1 Team Up to Regulate Brain Development 19 July 2010. The protein encoded by DISC1 partners with the Wnt signaling protein Dixdc1 in mice according to a study published in Neuron...
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News Brief: Lieber Institute Becomes Reality 15 July 2010. One of the more public secrets in biological psychiatry of the past several years has been the effort to create a new institute that would take a "Manhattan Project" approach to schizophrenia research...
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Spotlight
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DISC1 2010 Late-Breaking Abstracts Due by 30 July 2010
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| Edinburgh Castle by night |
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Submit your late-breaking science for DISC1 2010 in Edinburgh, 3-6 September 2010. Register here, and remember that abstracts are due by 30 July 2010.
Friendly warning: DISC1 2010 coincides with the final weekend of the Edinburgh Festival. This means that you will be able to sample one of the world's most famous arts and culture festivals, but it also means that you’d better get your room and travel sorted out very soon!
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Webinar: Clinical Care and Research in the Early Stages of Schizophrenia
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| From top: S. Charles Schulz, Barbara Cornblatt, and John Kane. |
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In the lead-up to next year’s 13th International Congress on Schizophrenia Research in Colorado Springs, Colorado, SRF and the ICOSR will host a series of Webinars on topics of high current interest. Please join us on Friday, 30 July 2010, at 12:00 noon, U.S. Eastern Time, as ICOSR co-director S. Charles Schulz of the University of Minnesota will lead a webinar panel that includes Barbara Cornblatt of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, John Kane of North Shore University Hospital and Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Andrea Auther of the Zucker Hillside Hospital, and Michael O’Sullivan of the University of Minnesota in the discussion of recent and current research on the early stages of schizophrenia.
This discussion will be held in conjunction with the Schizophrenia International Research Society and the International Prodromal Research Network, which will host the Psychosis Satellite Meeting at ICOSR 2011.
Diverging from our usual technology, this event will be a Webinar, with live presentations (slides) that members can watch on their computers while listening in on their telephones. Preregistration is required. Please review the instructions to follow upon registration.
These discussions benefit greatly from comments and questions posted ahead of time, so please take this opportunity to post a comment.
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Welcome to the Schizophrenia Research Forum!
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Welcome to the Schizophrenia Research Forum website—a virtual community for science about schizophrenia and related disorders. Our Mission is to help researchers in their quest for causes, improved treatments, and better understanding of schizophrenia. Read more about ways to browse the site.
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What's New
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Comments - Posted 28 July 2010 Read remarks by Don Linszen ONLINE DISCUSSION: Clinical Care and Research in the Early Stages of Schizophrenia |
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Comments - Posted 28 July 2010 Read remarks by L . Kola. Oyewumi ONLINE DISCUSSION: Clinical Care and Research in the Early Stages of Schizophrenia |
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Comments - Posted 26 July 2010 Read remarks by Michael F. Green about Bowie CR et al. PAPER: Prediction of Real-World Functional Disability in Chronic Mental Disorders: A Comparison of Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder. |
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Conferences - Posted 26 July 2010 Kv7 Ion Channel Symposium: 28-29 September 2010, Panum Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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Comments - Posted 23 July 2010 Read remarks by Alison Yung about Seidman LJ et al. PAPER: Neuropsychology of the prodrome to psychosis in the NAPLS consortium: relationship to family history and conversion to psychosis. |
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Comments - Posted 21 July 2010 Read remarks by David J. Porteous about
Singh KK et al. NEWS: Dynamic Duo: DISC1 and Dixdc1 Team Up to Regulate Brain Development |
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