Insight into sleep's role in schizophrenia offers potential treatment path

A sleep abnormality likely plays an important role in schizophrenia, according to sleep experts. In a review of the growing body of evidence linking a reduction in sleep spindle activity to schizophrenia, the researchers suggested that a better understanding of this sleep abnormality’s genetic underpinnings opens the door to new treatments for the psychiatric disorder.

Originally published at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/10/161018081828.htm