Proceedings of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in September 1993 in Italy. Papers examine fetal development and brain abnormalities, childhood risk factors for adult schizophrenia, and findings on fetal viral infection and antibody exposure and links to adult schizophrenia. Annotation copyright
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Introduction: A Multidisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Neurodevelopment of Schizophrenia; J.M. Hollister, et al. The Developing Brain: Fetal Development and Schizophrenia: Historical Observations from Teratology; W.O. McClure. Pathology of the Brain of Schizophrenics: Implications for Neurodevelopment: Neuroimaging Studies: Structural Brain Abnormalities in Schizophrenia: Distribution, Etiology, and Implications; L.T. Eyler-Zorilla, T.D. Cannon. Animal Models: Fetal Developmental Animal Model of Schizophrenia with Dopamine, Acetylcholine, and Nitric Oxide Perspective; M. Lyon, W.O. McClure. Premorbid Signs and Clinical Characteristics of Schizophrenia: Childhood Risk Factors for Adult Schizophrenia in a General Population Cohort at Age 43 Years; P. Jones, et al. Fetal Neurodevelopmental Disterbance: Sources and Consequences: Fetal Viral Infections: Fetal Viral Infection and Adult Schizophrenia: Empirical Findings and Interpretations; R.A. Machón, et al. Antibody Exposure: Disruption of Fetal Brain Development by Maternal Antibodies as an Etiological Factor in Schizophrenia; P. Laing, et al. 5 additional articles. Index.
