Cortical deficits in schizophrenia
Subtitle: from genes to function
By: edited by Patricio O'Donnell
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 239
ISBN-13: 9780387743509; 9780387743516
Subjects: Genetics; Physiopathology; Cerebral cortex; Pathophysiology; Schizophrenia; Genetic aspects; Schizophrenie; Cerebral Cortex; Genetische Variabilität; Erblichkeit
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Schizophrenia genes: searching for common features, functions, and mechanisms; title: Towards a molecular classification of illness: effects of schizophrenia susceptibility loci on clinical symptoms and cognitive function; title: Homer: a genetic factor in schizophrenia?; title: Neuroregulin-erbB signaling and the pathogenesis of schizophrenia; title: Nicotinic cholinergic cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia; title: Role for glutamate receptors, transporters, and interacting proteins in cortical dysfunction in schizophrenia; title: Cortical circuit dysfunction in the NMDA receptor hypofunction model for the psychosis of schizophrenia; title: Alterations in hippocampal function in schizophrenia: its genetic associations and systems implications; title: Identifying novel target genes in psychotic disorder network association analyses; title: Alterations in cortical GABA neurotransmission in schizophrenia: causes and consequences; title: Increased cortical excitability as a critical element in schizophrenia pathophysiology.