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1 - Genes and brain development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2010

By
Timothy A. Klempan ,
Pierandrea Muglia  and
James L. Kennedy
Edited by
Matcheri S. Keshavan ,
James L. Kennedy  and
Robin M. Murray
Timothy A. Klempan
Affiliation:
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Pierandrea Muglia
Affiliation:
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
James L. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Matcheri S. Keshavan
Affiliation:
University of Pittsburgh
James L. Kennedy
Affiliation:
Clarke Institute of Psychiatry, Toronto
Robin M. Murray
Affiliation:
Institute of Psychiatry, London
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Summary

The processes of neurulation, patterning, neuronal specification, and synaptogenesis, as well as the functional dynamics of neurotransmission, are governed by the coordinated actions of products from a wide array of genes. Neurodevelopmental etiology of schizophrenia is suggested by neuroimaging and postmortem studies revealing significant and replicated lateral ventricular enlargement, hippocampal and gray matter deficits, and cellular disarray, independent of duration of the illness and antipsychotic treatment. This chapter provides an overview of the major mechanisms involved in the development of the mammalian central nervous system (CNS), with specific reference to the identity and patterning of genes that are known to regulate the developmental phases. This pattern of gene expression is related to the etiology of schizophrenia through evidence provided by genetic, postmortem, imaging, electrophysiological, and behavioral investigations of the disorder.

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brain developmentcell adhesioncentral nervous systemneurotransmissionneurulationneuronal survivalneurodevelopmental etiologygenesschizophrenia
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Neurodevelopment and Schizophrenia , pp. 3 - 34
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2004

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