{"559281":{"#nid":"559281","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Schizophrenia Simulator: When Chemistry Upends Sanity\u0027s Balance","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIt\u2019s called mental imbalance for a reason.\u0026nbsp;Sanity hangs, in part, in the gentle balance of chemicals strung together within regions of the brain in an intricate matrix.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn schizophrenia, the matrix is sharply jarred, debilitating the mind and triggering hallucinations. Now, researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have created an interactive model of that matrix to fast-track research and treatment of the tormenting disorder.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EWorking memory disruptions paralyze the mental coherence of schizophrenia sufferers, yet there is a stark lack of medical treatment for it. Researchers Zhen Qi and Eberhard Voit hope their new, very accurate computational simulator built around this symptom will help change that to curb anquish for many patients.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.rh.gatech.edu\/features\/schizophrenia-simulator-when-chemistry-upends-sanitys-balance\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ELearn more about the simulator\u003C\/a\u003E, which puts this brain dysfunction into a virtual setting.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"New treatment hope for neglected impairment"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWorking memory disturbances wreck the mental coherence of schizophrenia sufferers, yet treatments for it are very limited. Biomedical engineers have built an accurate simulator of the brain chemistry behind it to help drug developers change that.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Working memory disturbances wreck the mental coherence of schizophrenia sufferers, yet treatments for it are very limited. Biomedical engineers have built an accurate simulator of the brain chemistry behind it to help drug developers change that."}],"uid":"31759","created_gmt":"2016-08-04 10:38:59","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:22:16","author":"Ben Brumfield","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2016-08-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"559231":{"id":"559231","type":"image","title":"Schizophrenia mobile readout","body":null,"created":"1470319134","gmt_created":"2016-08-04 13:58:54","changed":"1475895361","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:01","alt":"Schizophrenia mobile readout","file":{"fid":"218264","name":"movie_mobile_2.gif","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/movie_mobile_2.gif","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/movie_mobile_2.gif","mime":"image\/gif","size":423470,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/movie_mobile_2.gif?itok=7iF1uWXF"}},"559211":{"id":"559211","type":"image","title":"Schizophrenia simulator\u0027s makers","body":null,"created":"1470317589","gmt_created":"2016-08-04 13:33:09","changed":"1475895361","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:56:01","alt":"Schizophrenia simulator\u0027s makers","file":{"fid":"218263","name":"schizophrenia_freeze_1.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/schizophrenia_freeze_1.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/schizophrenia_freeze_1.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":90132,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/schizophrenia_freeze_1.jpg?itok=5_m7NUGH"}}},"media_ids":["559231","559211"],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"}],"categories":[{"id":"145","name":"Engineering"},{"id":"146","name":"Life Sciences and Biology"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"112651","name":"computational simulation"},{"id":"172232","name":"differential equations"},{"id":"170562","name":"dorsal prefrontal cortex"},{"id":"170565","name":"hypothalamus"},{"id":"7031","name":"pharmaceutical"},{"id":"8768","name":"psychiatry"},{"id":"170568","name":"psychopharmica"},{"id":"170569","name":"schizophrenia"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"},{"id":"39431","name":"Data Engineering and Science"},{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71891","name":"Health and Medicine"},{"id":"71881","name":"Science and Technology"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":["ben.brumfield@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}