Jeanna Bryner, LiveScience Managing Editor
Neurons derived from schizophrenic patients. CREDIT: Dr. Kristen Brennand, Salk Institute for Biological Studies. |
Skin cells taken from four individuals with schizophrenia have been turned into brain cells, or neurons, and grown in lab dishes, the first time a complex mental disorder has been examined using living brain cells.
The lab-grown neurons showed fewer connections between each other than was found in healthy brain cells, the researchers said. /.../
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