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TL;DR: A 2026 medRxiv preprint introduced a 68-component NeuroMark template for single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), a brain blood-flow imaging method, and found schizophrenia-related differences in cerebellar, subcortical, higher-cognition, vis…
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TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis in International Journal of Molecular Sciences found no significant global gut-microbiome alpha-diversity difference in schizophrenia, but reported recurring community-composition and taxonomic shifts. Key Find…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint on medRxiv used multisite MRI data from 3,958 people with schizophrenia and 5,489 controls to map cortical network disruptions and identify two robust brain-structure subtypes. Key Findings 9,447 MRI participants: The analysis included 3…
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TL;DR: A 2025 study in PNAS found that expert pianists changed perceived piano timbre by altering specific key-movement features, and listeners could hear intended differences in weight, clarity, and brightness without seeing the performer. Key Findings 20 exp…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv found that treatment-resistant depression affected 34% of medication-exposed major-depression patients in Pakistan’s DIVERGE study, with social support and CYP2C19 metabolizer status standing out as locally important treatment…
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TL;DR: A 2026 review in Purinergic Signalling argues that ATP-gated P2X receptors, especially P2X7 and P2X4, may connect stress-related neuroinflammation with depression and bipolar-disorder biology. Key Findings P2X7 focus: The review describes P2X7 receptor…
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TL;DR: A 2026 systematic review and meta-analysis in BMC Psychiatry reported that olanzapine produced a numerically higher body mass index gain in anorexia nervosa trials, but the pooled randomized evidence remained small, heterogeneous, and not statistically…
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TL;DR: A 2026 preprint in medRxiv linked higher neighborhood deprivation to faster DNA-methylation aging in 370 healthy adults, with lifetime adversity explaining part of the association and stronger direct effects among Black participants. Key Findings Yale s…
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TL;DR: A 2026 nationwide claims study in Integrative Medicine Research found that Korean traditional medicine care without recorded acupuncture claims had the lowest modeled costs and the highest 3-year QALYs among four menopausal-disorder treatment strategies…
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TL;DR: A 2026 study in Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience used functional MRI (fMRI) to show that adults made more socially mindful choices for political ingroup members than for outgroup or unclassified partners. Key Findings The fMRI task tested…
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