Schizophrenia Is a Mystery, But This Discovery Might Change Things
Schizophrenia has stumped scientists for centuries, but lab-grown brains have just provided a breakthrough in our understanding of the disease. This Giant Neuron Could Explain Where Consciousness...
========== Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder
that has been fascinating scientists for hundreds of years because we just don’t understand
it. But now we may have finally found the root
of this devastating disorder… it starts when the brain is forming in the womb. Schizophrenia causes people to hallucinate,
have a distorted view of reality, and experience extremely disordered thinking. Brain function can be so badly affected that
it’s disabling. Symptoms usually appear in adolescence or
young adulthood and while some research has suggested a link between schizophrenia, drug
usage, and trauma it’s has never been well understood. Because the symptoms appear later in life,
researchers have long assumed the root cause is a mix of genetics, brain chemi...