Cognitive impairment has been consistently found to be a core feature of serious mental
illnesses such as schizophrenia and major mood disorders (major depression and bipolar …

The high prevalence of metabolic syndrome in persons with schizophrenia has spurred
investigational efforts to study the mechanism beneath its pathophysiology. Early psychosis …

Emerging evidence from genomics, post-mortem, and preclinical studies point to a potential
dysregulation of molecular signaling at postsynaptic density (PSD) in schizophrenia …

Abstract Polygenic risk for schizophrenia has been associated with lower cognitive ability
and age-related cognitive change in healthy individuals. Despite well-established …

Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness that has devastating consequences for those who
suffer from the disorder. The epidemiology of schizophrenia indicates that it occurs relatively …

Human cortical expansion has occurred non-uniformly across the brain. We assessed the
genetic architecture of cortical global expansion and regionalization by comparing two sets …

In the protein-protein interactome, we have previously identified a significant overlap
between schizophrenia risk genes and genes associated with cognitive performance. Here …

Introduction Morin is a natural polyphenol that may be derived from the leaves, fruits, stems,
and branches of many different plants. It was first discovered in members of the Moraceae …

Given the increasingly large number of loci discovered by psychiatric GWAS, specification of
the key biological pathways underlying these loci has become a priority for the field. We …

Kevin Volkan EdD, PhD, MPH is a founding faculty member and professor of psychology at
California State University Channel Islands, where he researches and teaches courses on …