Link Between Psychosis And Creativity/Genius


	Link Between Psychosis And Creativity/Genius

fewstingscorpio

10-14-2009 9:00 PM

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neuregulin 1, genetics, neurology, creativity, psychology, psychosis, schizophrenia, bipolar, neurons

fewstingscorpio says:

Cool that they found this variant in neuregulin 1 and creativity.
http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/09/29/link-between-genius-and-misfit/8654.html

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