Posted on 05/28/2016 12:36:31 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Following 98 patients with schizophrenia and 83 without, the team used MRI technology and a special method called "covariance analysis," to distinguish the increase of brain tissue. This is the first time such a method has been used to prove the brain's ability to reverse the illness' effects, and opens doors to possible cures.
"Even the state-of-art frontline treatments aim merely for a reduction rather than a reversal of the cognitive and functional deficits caused by the illness," said research team member Dr. Lena Palaniyappan, Medical Director at the Prevention & Early Intervention Program for Psychoses at London Science Centre.
"Our results highlight that despite the severity of tissue damage, the brain of a patient with schizophrenia is constantly attempting to reorganize itself, possibly to rescue itself or limit the damage," Palaniyappan said.
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I was just having a discussion about this with the voice in my head.
I started out as a liberal in high school too.
Doing brain surgery on oneself is not as easy as it sounds. Don’t let yourselves talk you into it.
U folks are funny. At least there’s hope for me.
No, I'm afraid not.
“I was just having a discussion about this with the voice in my head.”
So was I.
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