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‘Social brain’ networks are altered at a young age in autism
Scientists from UNIGE have unpicked early changes in the brain that govern how toddlers with autism respond to social cues. Their research may open the way to new therapeutic interventions at early stages, when neural plasticity is still possible.
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Unraveling the biological function of a 22q11 locus gene
Researchers reveal the developmental function of a new schizophrenia (SZ) risk-gene.
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Schizophrenia : early diagnosis is essential
A disease that occurs in young adults, schizophrenia still suffers today from a negative image. However, current care offers many patients real hope of integration.
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N. & C. Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award 2017 to Daniel Schechter
Dr Daniel Schechter, a lecturer in the Department of Psychiatry at the Faculty of Medicine and Associate Deputy Physician in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at the HUG, is the winner of the Norbert and Charlotte Rieger Psychodynamic Psychotherapy Award 2017.
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Hunting microbes or smelling poison: a matter of evolution
Researchers at UNIGE demonstrate how some genes evolved from an immune function to an olfactory role in some mammals.
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Denis Jabaudon, Cloëtta Prize winner 2017
Denis Jabaudon, Professor in the Department of Fundamental Neurosciences at the Faculty of Medicine, is awarded one of the two scientific prizes awarded each year by the Cloëtta Foundation.
