Fetal Neural Development and Adult Schizophrenia - Sarnoff A. Mednick - Hardcover

This volume reviews the neurodevelopmental processes & mechanisms that may be involved in the origin & expression of schizophrenia. In particular, it examines the evidence for the role of prenatal & perinatal events in the origins of the condition. In this context, contributors review the normal development of the human brain, the ways in which fetal neural developmental anomalies & delivery complications may produce a damaged infant brain, & how such defects may predispose to schizophrenia. By attempting to explain the complex syndromes of adult schizophrenia in terms of fetal developmental anomalies, this volume reexamines basic information on human brain growth & how that growth may be best protected.Mednick, Sarnoff A. is the author of 'Fetal Neural Development and Adult Schizophrenia - Sarnoff A. Mednick - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780521391580 and ISBN 052139158X.