Northwestern study identifies schizophrenia biomarker and potential drug candidate for cognitive symptoms
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Summary
A Northwestern University study in humans and mice has identified a novel biomarker for schizophrenia that could also serve as a drug candidate to treat cognitive symptoms like disorganized thinking and executive dysfunction. Current schizophrenia medications effectively treat hallucinations and delusions but do little for cognitive symptoms. The research points to a new pathway for addressing these neglected aspects of the disorder, which affects about 0.5% of the global population.
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· 3 pulledCurrent schizophrenia medications treat symptoms such as hallucinations and delusions, but do little for cognitive symptoms like disorganized thinking or executive dysfunction.
A new Northwestern study in humans and mice has discovered a novel biomarker of schizophrenia that could also serve as a new drug candidate to treat the disorder's cognitive symptoms.
Schizophrenia affects .5% of the world's population, including about two million people in the U.S.
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