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Prover · 30 Jul 2008, 21:20

Common gene version optimizes thinking -- but with a possible downside

Most people inherit a version of a gene that optimizes their brain's thinking circuitry, yet also appears to increase risk for schizophrenia, a severe mental illness marked by impaired thinking, scientists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. The seeming paradox emerged from the first study to explore the effects of variation in the human gene for a brain master switch, DARPP-32.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-cgv020707.php

30 Jul 2008, 21:20	#59
Prover Registered User Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 35	Re: G to the De-tox Common gene version optimizes thinking -- but with a possible downside Most people inherit a version of a gene that optimizes their brain's thinking circuitry, yet also appears to increase risk for schizophrenia, a severe mental illness marked by impaired thinking, scientists at the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) have discovered. The seeming paradox emerged from the first study to explore the effects of variation in the human gene for a brain master switch, DARPP-32. http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releas...-cgv020707.php Last edited by Prover; 28 Jan 2014 at 21:12. Reason: update