Study on origins of schizophrenia in the brain offers hope for targeted treatments, better diagnosis

Experimental design and methodology of epicenter mapping. Credit: Science Advances (2024). DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adk6063 A group of scientists are hopeful their research findings about how schizophrenia originates and develops over time in the brain will pave the way for targeted treatments and better diagnosis of the serious mental health condition. In a study published in Science Advances, the researchers said they used a new method called “epicenter mapping,” to analyze brain scans from 1,124 people with schizophrenia. It allowed the researchers to identify two regions of the brain where structural abnormalities in people with schizophrenia are most likely to start: Broca’s Read More