New study finds evidence for reduced brain connections in schizophrenia

(UK Research and Innovation) Advances in scanning have allowed researchers for the first time to show lower levels of a protein found in the connections between neurons in the living brains of people with schizophrenia.The researchers, who conducted the scans at the psychiatric imaging facility at the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences, say these changes could underlie the cognitive difficulties seen in schizophrenia and provide targets for research into new treatments.