Epigenetic changes in the placenta may shape how the fetal brain develops and thus influence the risk of psychiatric ...

Changes in brain connectivity before and after puberty may explain why some children with a rare genetic disorder have a ...

The study results indicate that schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression disorder are the neuropsychiatric disorders most strongly linked to DNA methylation in the placenta.

More information: Ariadna Cilleros-Portet et al, Potentially causal associations between placental DNA methylation and schizophrenia and other neuropsychiatric disorders, Nature Communications (2025).

Changes in brain connectivity before and after puberty may explain why some children with a rare genetic disorder have higher risk of developing autism or schizophrenia, according to a UCLA Health ...

New guidelines have been developed for the treatment of schizophrenia after a collaboration of international experts from 30 countries. University of Queensland Professor of Psychiatry Dan Siskind ...