Etiopathogenetic Hypotheses of Schizophrenia: The Impact of Epidemiological, Biochemical and Neuromorphological Studies

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Negative symptoms: a follow-up perspective....Pages 3-8
Obstetric complications and cerebral abnormalities in schizophrenia....Pages 9-20
Genetic notes of schizophrenic disorders....Pages 21-32
Life Events and schizophreniform disorders....Pages 33-39
Hypotheses on the seasonality of schizophrenic births....Pages 41-48
The retrovirus/transposon hypothesis of schizophrenia....Pages 49-55
Front Matter....Pages 57-57
A neurodevelopmental perspective on brain pathology in schizophrenia....Pages 59-65
Neuromorphological correlates of schizophrenic disorders: focus on cerebral ventricular enlargement....Pages 67-91
Season of birth and cerebral ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia....Pages 93-98
Twin and family studies of ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia....Pages 99-107
CT scans of the brain in families with a highfrequency of schizophrenia....Pages 109-115
Magnetic resonance imaging: applications in psychiatry....Pages 117-122
Neurofunctional assessment of schizophrenia: neuropsychological and EEG data of lateralized imbalancement of functions....Pages 123-134
In vivo studies of dopamine receptors in schizophrenia....Pages 135-139
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in schizophrenia: a preliminary study....Pages 141-146
Front Matter....Pages 147-147
Plasma opioid levels: a possible marker of neurotransmitter impairments in schizophrenia....Pages 149-158
Outcome after 10 years of apomorphine-tested psychotic patients....Pages 159-167
Noradrenaline, psychotic decompensation, and drug response in schizophrenia....Pages 169-174
The biochemical basis for the antipsychotic effects of neuroleptics....Pages 175-180
Schizophrenia: new windows....Pages 181-185
Back Matter....Pages 187-190