April 10, 2013

Determine whether the child has a high risk of future Schizophrenia Help in registration activity of his brain. These findings are allowed to make a new study of American experts from the University of North Carolina.

During the pilot study, doctors from the United States made a functional magnetic resonance imaging of the brain 42 children, age range that ranged from 9 to 18 years. MRI   carried out at a time when the young participants in the experiment were playing some game. The important point is the fact that half of the children involved in the study, had relatives who suffered from schizophrenia. Thanks to scan the brain able to identify a number of differences in the activity of certain brain areas in those children and adolescents who have a family history of schizophrenia.

US researchers say that with the help of brain scans can determine in advance the high probability of developing schizophrenia in the child and help him. It is important that such features can be detected before the onset of obvious symptoms of the disorder - hallucinations . paranoia . memory disorders . Keep in mind that those people who present family history, the risk of developing schizophrenia is increased 8-12 times. But until now, it has not been known a method to accurately determine whether a person has developed a schizophrenic disorder before the onset of obvious symptoms. The symptoms of schizophrenia occur very rarely in children. As a rule, they are expressed as early as adolescence. Therefore, this discovery will take measures to prevent schizophrenia in childhood.

By the way, before experts from the University of NM   It reported that by scanning the brain can learn about the criminal inclinations of man. Researchers claim that using Neuroimaging activity of some regions of the cerebral cortex   It will determine whether the person has committed a crime, the tendency to relapse in the future. To obtain these results, the study carried out anterior cingulate cortex. This area of ​​the brain that regulates behavior and impulsive man. It defines the processes work on the bugs, the choice of the reaction, the severity of defensive reflex. Those individuals that have occurred in the area of ​​damage, and more aggressive unrestrained, so to include psychopathic personality type .

The study involved 96 male convicts. It turned out that those prisoners who anterior cingulate cortex activity was relatively low, and later reoffend twice as likely than offenders with high activity of this part of the brain. Scientists say the great practical benefits of such discoveries for society as a whole.