synaptic pruning

New insight into the origin of schizophrenia

Harvard researchers have found that some people may develop schizophrenia due to normal brain processes going haywire in adolescence and early adulthood. When transitioning into adulthood, each person goes through what is called “synaptic pruning,” when excess brain cells and synapses are eliminated in the cerebral cortex to improve function. The very gene responsible for ...click here to read more