White matter changes in schizophrenia: evidence for myelin-related dysfunction.
Arch Gen Psychiatry
; 60(5): 443-56, 2003 May.
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ABSTRACT
Numerous lines of inquiry implicate connectivity as a central abnormality in schizophrenia. Myelination and factors that affect myelination, such as the function of oligodendroglia, are critical processes that could profoundly affect neuronal connectivity, especially given the diffuse distribution of oligodendrocytes and the widespread distribution of brain regions that have been implicated in schizophrenia. Multiple lines of evidence now converge to implicate oligodendroglia and myelin in schizophrenia. Imaging and neurocytochemical evidence, similarities with demyelinating diseases, age-related changes in white matter, myelin-related gene abnormalities, and morphologic abnormalities in the oligodendroglia demonstrated in schizophrenic brains are all examined in light of the hypothesis that oligodendroglial dysfunction and even death, with subsequent abnormalities in myelin maintenance and repair, contribute to the schizophrenic syndrome.
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Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Esquizofrenia
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Encéfalo
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Vaina de Mielina
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arch Gen Psychiatry
Año:
2003
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos