Researchers at the University of Cambridge have discovered that the effects of schizophrenia appear to extend beyond the brain. And now there’s talk of a blood test to diagnose schizophrenia being rolled out within a year.
Because schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder, it was previously believed that the signs of the illness would be contained only within the brain. However, the team at the Cambridge Institute for Psychiatric Research, led by Sabine Bahn, has identified genetic markers of the disorder in cell division, the immune system, and glucose metabolism. They have found that one of the best peripheral indicators of schizophrenia is a systemic problem in protein expression in the skin cells of the patient’s arms.
Full article at i09
I kind of… don’t believe this. I mean, they didn’t prove anything yet, they just say it APPEARS to extend beyond the brain. So it could be just a coincidence. As the article says, we will see what it really means later this year.
The link is vitamin D
And in Bergen, Norway, there is a researcher claiming (and doing further studies on) that patients with Schizophrenia have fever braincells in the temporal lobes.
Cell division – vitamin D regulates cell propagation
Immune system – vitamin D induces the production of antimicrobial peptides and suppresses inflammation
Glucose metabolism – vitamin D modulates the production of insulin
AND
Schizophrenia – sufferers are more likely to be born in early spring (when lowest vitamin D levels)
i remember my father (a medic) taught me since secondary school that skin develops from the same tissue as brain does… and so we should never underestimate the connection.
no surprises then?
sorry for mis-spelling fewer.