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People experiencing depression or schizophrenia tend to have impaired thermoregulation, causing difficulties with sweating and cooling themselves off. Using heat exposure, investigators were able to sensitize pathways important to thermoregulatory cooling (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27172277) that also affect brain regions implicated in the regulation of mood.

“Findings from a randomized controlled trial demonstrate the efficacy of berberine supplementation in preventing weight gain and metabolic syndrome among patients taking antipsychotic medications, which cause predictable weight gain, glucose dysfunction, and dyslipidemia…”

“BDNF serves as a cell signaling protein, plays vital roles in numerous signaling pathways associated with a variety of disorders ranging from depression, schizophrenia, and addiction to obesity and diabetes, and may serve as a hormone.”

“The next step in this research would be to see if fecal transplantation from a healthy individual could ameliorate some symptoms of schizophrenia in people with this condition.”

“> "But the amazing thing was that the study that was based in Denmark, where low vitamin D is quite common, we found that if vitamin D is linked to schizophrenia our statistics suggest that it could explain about 40% of all schizophrenias.”

“The researchers showed, for the first time, that striatal dysfunction was effective in distinguishing schizophrenia patients and that such dysfunction was also responsible for poorer antipsychotic response.”

“Vitamin D plays a crucial role in the early development of dopamine-producing neurons, shedding light on the potential neurodevelopmental origins of schizophrenia.”

“Sleep deprivation for 24 hours can lead to impairments in sensory gating, which is the ability to filter out sensory, motor, auditory, and visual stimulation. Defects in this cause a sensory overload, which commonly occurs in schizophrenia.”

“A growing body of scientific evidence suggests that moringin, an isothiocyanate compound derived from moringa, may provide protection against chronic diseases, such as cancer and diabetes, and may be useful in treating the symptoms of mental disorders, such as schizophrenia or autism, especially in developing countries.”