The Neurodevelopmental Hypothesis of Schizophrenia. Convergent Clues from Epidemiology and Neuropathology

Psychiatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 571-584

  Piper, Michael ^a   Beneyto, Monica ^b   Burne, Thomas H J ^a,c   Eyles, Darryl W ^a,c   Lewis, David A ^d   McGrath, John J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c QUEENSLAND CENTRE FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neuropathology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; DIZOCILPINE; PHENCYCLIDINE; PICROTOXIN;

BIRTH DEFECT; BRAIN ASYMMETRY; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN SIZE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERNEURON; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONTOGENY; PATERNAL AGE; PERINATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84865411143     PISSN: 0193953X     EISSN: 15583147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psc.2012.06.002     Document Type: Review

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