Cortical Deficits In Schizophrenia From Genes to Function /

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: O'Donnell, Patricio (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Θέματα: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Neurosciences.; Neurology.; Psychiatry.; Neuropsychology.; Cognitive psychology.; Biomedicine.; Human Genetics.; Cognitive Psychology.

The genetics of schizophrenia have taken the driver seat in the research related to this disorder in recent years. For a long time, it had been known that sharing genes with someone affected with schizophrenia conferred a 50% chance of acquiring the disease. Although this is fifty times the incidenc...

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