Published in the June 16, 2003 issue of the journal Molecular Psychiatry, the findings indicate that a mutation in a gene that regulates sensitivity to brain neurotransmitters such as dopamine, causes bipolar disorder in as many as 10 percent of bipolar cases.
Dermographism is a condition in which people will experience a wheal reaction after the skin is rubbed or touched in a way that produces a response. In some people, the reaction can burn, sting, and even itch.For others, it may not hurt at all, and only provides a cosmetic embarrassment.ermographism pictures and images like the one below show how the skin forms a wheal on its surface after being stroked or rubbed with a rigid object. Notice how the letters and numbers are very distinct, which is where the term âskin writing diseaseâ getâs its name.
Dermatopathology (from Greek Î´Î­ÏÎ¼Î±, derma, skin; ÏÎ¬Î¸Î¿Ï, pathos, fate, harm; and -Î»Î¿Î³Î¯Î±, -logia) is a joint subspecialty of dermatology and pathology and to a lesser extent of surgical pathology that focuses on the study of cutaneous diseases at a microscopic and molecular level.