NCCR-Synapsy

The Synaptic Bases of Mental Diseases

Antioxidants to heal the brain in psychosis?

Boosting the brain

The Centre for Psychiatric Neuroscience and the CHUV-Department of General Psychiatry have just published the results of a study suggesting the protective effects of antioxidant treatment on the brains of young adults suffering from psychosis. For several years, the Centre Read more…


Schizophrenic brains take indirect paths

schizophrenia in the brain

Regions with altered (yellow) brain connectivity in schizophrenia patients. Analysis of the structural connectivity in the brains of 16 schizophrenia patients reveals several zones affected by the disease and their reduced network connectivity. The brain of a schizophrenia patient shows Read more…