The brains
of people with schizophrenia may attempt to heal from the disease
New NeuRA
research shows that the brains of people with schizophrenia may attempt to
repair damage caused by the disease, in another example of the adult brain’s
capacity to change and grow.
Prof Cyndi
Shannon Weickert, Dr Dipesh Joshi and colleagues from Neuroscience Research
Australia studied the brains of people with schizophrenia and focussed on one
of the hardest-hit regions, the orbitofrontal cortex, which is the part of the
brain involved in regulating emotional and social behaviour.
Most
neurons – brain cells that transmit information – are found in tissue near the
surface of the brain. However, in the brains of people with schizophrenia, the
team found a high density of neurons in deeper areas.
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