CSHL Stories and Media archive for Tag: schizophrenia

Uncovering how immune cells nurture brain connections

3/7/2022

Microglia cells nurture connections during brain development, which contrasts to the cells’ previously understood role in pruning connections. Read the story »

Are you sure you heard that sound?

4/14/2021

CSHL and Washington University of St. Louis researchers studied hallucination-like perceptions in humans and mice that mimic schizophrenia symptoms. Read the story »

Brain receptor pulls open electrical gate like a puppet master

6/30/2020

When stimulated by a neurotransmitter or drug, the NMDA receptor pulls open an ion gate that allows ions to flow. Read the story »

How chandelier cells light up the brain

6/18/2020

Until now, chandelier cells were largely enigmatic, but new technology makes them accessible to researchers. Read the story »

Interview with a neuroscientist

5/31/2019

CSHL Professor Bo Li’s lab studies the biology behind mental disorders. Learn more about how Li’s work is changing the way we think about mental health. Read the story »

Brain, interrupted

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How key brain receptor works in hostile conditions

5/9/2018

A structural variation enables a key brain receptor to function in a hostile environment Read the story »

Portrait of a Neuroscience Powerhouse

4/27/2018

A relatively small neuroscience group at CSHL is having an outsized impact on a dynamic and highly competitive field Read the story »

Detailed images of NMDA receptor show how zinc and a potential drug affect its function

12/1/2016

Drugs precisely targeting portions of the NMDA receptor may have applications in Alzheimer’s, depression and schizophrenia. Read the story »

Innovative tools will shed clarifying light on inhibitory neurons

9/21/2016

Researchers at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory created a set of tools that combine genetic markers and virus particles to target GABA cell types. Read the story »

Thinking about cognition with recent graduate Kristen Delevich

4/8/2015

Watson School graduate Kristen Delevich studies how different brain regions communicate with one another. Read the story »

Scientists discover important communication mechanism between two brain areas implicated in schizophrenia

4/7/2015

Researchers discover an inhibitory connection between certain brain areas that can control the timing of information flow to the prefrontal cortex Read the story »

Research sees overlap in altered genes found in schizophrenia, autism and intellectual disability

4/28/2014

New evidence supports theory that some cases of schizophrenia and autism have malfunctions in some of the same genes are contributing to pathology. Read the story »

Scientists discover two proteins that control chandelier cell architecture

1/16/2014

Chandelier cells, a group of powerful inhibitory neurons, are important in epilepsy and schizophrenia Read the story »

4 CSHL neuroscientists win NARSAD Young Investigator awards to study autism, schizophrenia

8/14/2013

Four early-career neuroscientists have been awarded prestigious NARSAD Young Investigator grants Read the story »