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May 2015 in “Schizophrenia Research” This study found that inhibiting the enzyme 5α-reductase with finasteride counteracted stress-induced prepulse inhibition deficits in socially isolated rats by altering neuroactive steroid concentrations in the brain.
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July 2016 in “Pharmacopsychiatry” This case report describes a non-mosaic Turner-Syndrome individual with global cerebral atrophy, significant cognitive impairment, and severe treatment-resistant schizophrenia.
April 2025 in “International Journal of Dermatology and Venereology” This study found a significant causal relationship between androgenetic alopecia and schizophrenia, but no causal association between schizophrenia and androgenetic alopecia.
April 2017 in “European Psychiatry” This study found that females treated with atypical anti-psychotics had a higher prevalence of probable polycystic ovarian syndrome compared to normal controls.
June 2024 in “The American journal of psychiatry” In this study by Sawada et al., the researchers developed a human striatal model using stem cells and postmortem samples, revealing accelerated neuronal maturation and specific gene expression changes linked to schizophrenia risk, which may inform future research on the disorder's developmental roots.