April 26, 2007
White Matters

Scientists have made new discoveries about how "white matter" found in the brains of schizophrenia sufferers relate to the disease:

[The report] provides evidence that alterations in myelin [the lipid layers that sheath and insulate nerve fibers and are the main constituent of white matter] can cause defects in neurons and the central nervous system in general that are related to neuropsychiatric disease," says the study's senior author Gabriel Corfas, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School's Children's Hospital Boston.

The hope is the discovery will point the way toward earlier detection and newer, more effective treatments.

Posted by scott at April 26, 2007 10:25 AM

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