Disruption in brain connection linked to genetic defect in schizophrenia

Wednesday, March 31, 2010 - 14:28 in Psychology & Sociology

In what may provide the most compelling evidence to date, researchers have illuminated how a genetic variant may lead to schizophrenia by causing a disruption in communication between the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex regions of the brain, areas believed to be responsible for carrying out working memory.

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