Schizophrenia disrupts the brain’s entire communication system, researchers say

Click Here to Read:  Schizophrenia disrupts the brain’s entire communication system, researchers say: Wiring is frayed in more than just one region, according to a new international study — the largest analysis of white matter to date — by USC and other institutions
BY Zen Vuong on the USC News website on October 17, 2017.

Fiber pathways in the brain are altered in schizophrenia, a mental illness in which patients may experience hallucinations, psychosis and depression. (Courtesy of Paul Thompson, Neda Jahanshad and Conor Corbin, USC Laboratory of Neuro Imaging, USC Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute)