Insights into the neurodevelopmental origin of schizophrenia from postmortem studies of prefrontal cortical circuitry
- 31 May 2011
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
- Vol. 29 (3), 295-304
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.08.003
Abstract
The hypothesis that schizophrenia results from a developmental, as opposed to a degenerative, process affecting the connectivity and network plasticity of the cerebral cortex is supported by findings from morphological and molecular postmortem studies. Specifically, abnormalities in the expression of protein markers of GABA neurotransmission and the lamina‐ and circuit‐specificity of these changes in the cortex in schizophrenia, in concert with knowledge of their developmental trajectories, offer crucial insight into the vulnerability of specific cortical networks to environmental insults during different periods of development. These findings reveal potential targets for therapeutic interventions to improve cognitive function in individuals with schizophrenia, and provide guidance for future preventive strategies to preserve cortical neurotransmission in at‐risk individuals.Keywords
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