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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-3-2
pubmed:abstractText
In recent years neuroimaging techniques have revealed various cerebral and structural variances in patients with schizophrenic psychoses. The best established findings are the enlargement of the lateral ventricles and discrete structural deficits in temporobasal structures of the cortex. Neuropathological investigations have detected subcortical as well as cortical variances. Subcortically, the volume of the striatum and the globus pallidus have been found to be enlarged in schizophrenics. Among the cortical deviations, the cytoarchitectonic disturbances of the rostral entorhinal region have been well documented and are especially important. According to neuropathological criteria, they are derived from disturbances of prenatal cell migration within the central nervous system. Well documented are the architectonic changes in the rostral cingulate gyrus which is itself connected with the entorhinal region via the Papez circuit. These findings are supported and supplemented by the results of epidemiological studies which indicate a disturbance of brain development during the second trimester of the prenatal period. Viral infections (Influenza A2) of mothers during this critical period appear to play an especially important role. Nevertheless, the interaction between a genetic predisposition and exogenous noxious agents in such cases still needs to be clarified in our understanding of the etiology of schizophrenic psychoses.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0940-1334
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
249 Suppl 4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
44-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-5-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Developmental malformations in cerebral structures of schizophrenic patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg, Germany. beckmann@mail.uni-wuerzburg.de
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article