Researchers at the University of Illinois have found a direct link between a genetic mutation and schizophrenia. The ...

A genetic mutation found in two human patients with schizophrenia also increased schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice with ...

Genes shape brain structure and may influence neurological disorders like Parkinson’s and ADHD, revealing new insights into brain health.

Neurogeneticists have discovered a novel genetic mutation and associated buildup of toxic proteins in the brain -- a type of buildup distinct from amyloid or tau, proteins that have long been the ...

While carrying the dreaded genetic variation that plagued his family members, he still has no symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

The mutation increases levels of glycine decarboxylase, or GLDC, an enzyme responsible for regulating glycine in the brain. Glycine activates receptors for the neurotransmitter glutamate ...

Doug Whitney was supposed to develop Alzheimer's by 50. Now scientists are trying to understand why his brain remains healthy ...

and specifically in the HER2-positive breast cancer brain metastasis, we observed that the presence of PIK3CA mutations, in fact, were linked to a worse prognosis. So a worse overall survival from ...