Gene-environment interactions could influence several psychiatric disorders

Monday, December 6, 2010 - 05:50 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- Male mice born with a genetic mutation that's believed to make humans more susceptible to schizophrenia develop behaviors that mimic other major psychiatric illnesses when their mothers are exposed to an assault to the immune system while pregnant, according to new Johns Hopkins research.

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