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New Program Will Pursue Schizophrenia Gene Leads: September 12, 2003 • Press Release
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), today announced a new program expanding genetics research on schizophrenia in its own Bethesda, Maryland, laboratories.
NIMH Awards $22.6 Million for Center for Collaborative Research on Mental Disorders: July 1, 2003 • Press Release
Under a cooperative agreement, the Center will accelerate progress toward understanding genetic origins of mental disorders including autism, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and depression.
Gene Enhances Prefrontal Function at a Price: May 7, 2003 • Press Release
Studies of a gene that affects how efficiently the brain’s frontal lobes process information are revealing some untidy consequences of a tiny variation in its molecular structure and how it may increase susceptibility to schizophrenia.
Scans Link 2 Key Pieces of Schizophrenia Puzzle: January 28, 2002 • Press Release
Using functional brain imaging, National Institute of Mental Health scientists for the first time have linked two key, but until now unconnected, brain abnormalities in schizophrenia.

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