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Schizophrenia and Prenatal disturbances

Submitted by JJLopez on Mon, 03/01/2010 - 11:44pm.

I came across an article today in ScienceDaily (http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/02/100224132448.htm) about a new discovery made from studying mice.  It appears as though schizophrenia is the display of disruptions that occur to the brain before a baby is born.  They have located the area of potential disturbances to occur in the prefrontal cortex.  If we can determine that this disturbance occurs during before birth, then is there a way to prevent this front happening?  Some scientists think that schizophrenia is also a result of a specific genetic issue.  However, nobody is 100% sure that neither of the two theories are absolute.  My concern is that if this mental disorder has to do with prenatal disturbances in the brain, does this affect the "I-function" in any way.  In other words, would the person grow up to have a completely different personality than they do if there was no prenatal disturbance?

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