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Schizophrenia Simulator: When Chemistry Upends Sanity’s Balance

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It’s called mental imbalance for a reason. Sanity hangs, in part, in the gentle balance of chemicals strung together within regions of the brain in an intricate matrix. Now, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an interactive model of that simulates the brain chemistry of a major schizophrenia symptom. It may help fast-track research and treatment of the tormenting disorder.

[Source: Georgia Tech YouTube link]