Schizophrenia

Abnormalities have been found in a particular part of the brain’s white matter among the patients who diagnosed with schizophrenia recently.According to the study, which was published this month in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, brain signals when pass through the temporal lobe can mix and cause such symptoms that are linked with schizophrenia.This research was conducted at The Zucker Hillside Hospital and The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research.

Gray and white matters

Gray and white matters form the brain.The gray matter is consisted of neurons and white matter of thread like long nerve cells which deliver messages in all parts of brain and creates links among different gray matter sections.Without proper connections brain cells can not communicate.This cross talk may give a clue why patients with schizophrenia have emotional disorder and social functioning commotions.

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