Scientists demonstrate link between genetic defect and brain changes in schizophrenia

Friday, October 16, 2009 - 10:35 in Biology & Nature

For decades, scientists have thought the faulty neural wiring that predisposes individuals to behavioral disorders like autism and psychiatric diseases like schizophrenia must occur during development. Even so, no one has ever shown that a risk gene for the disease actually disrupts brain development.

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