Monday, December 10, 2007

Brain Differences Identified In Adolescents With Mental Illness

Link: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071208081554.htm

Summary: Puberty may have an impact on areas of the brain that contribute to bipolar disorder or schizophrenia in youth

Questions-What are the symptoms of this disease? your brain size
How is this disease passed from person to person? when you are born with different brain sizes in certain areas of the brain
List three things you learned from this article in your own words-The brains of children with bipolar disorder are different from the brains of children with schizophrenia, and there are brain differences between boys and girls, such findings can help them better understand gender's role in brain processes, and how it affects the development of mental illness.
What impact does this disease have on the US economy?This may allow us to find improved treatment, perhaps in a sex-specific way.