Mother's flu during pregnancy may increase baby's risk of schizophrenia

Thursday, March 11, 2010 - 11:56 in Health & Medicine

Rhesus monkey babies born to mothers who had the flu while pregnant had smaller brains and showed other brain changes similar to those observed in human patients with schizophrenia, a study at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in collaboration with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has found.

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