Early Warning for Neurological Concerns

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• “SCZ” means Schizophrenia-spectrum disorder.
• SCZ points to the inability of a person to understand and connect to reality. 
• Researchers use a sensory adaptation tool to measure visual and somatosensory responses. 
• The unit of measurement are adaptation responses over a range of a given time. 
• The hypothesis of the study was that adaptation responses will decrease over time in persons with genetic liability to SCZ.
• Study found that the decrease in adaptation responses are more prevalent in genetically SCZ prone persons, during visual stimulation. 
• This study allows for an early warning system to detect SCZ prone persons. 
• Find out more, at the journal Nature.