A new study suggests that the placenta may factor into the risk for schizophrenia, as well as other neurodevelopmental disorders including ADHD, autism and Tourette syndrome.
The new findings, published in the journal Nature Medicine, reveal that schizophrenia genes appear to be “turned on” during complicated pregnancies, and the more these genes are turned on, the more the placenta shows other signs of stress such as inflammation.
This new discovery would allow scientists to more...
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/05/31/placenta-may-play-key-role-in-schizophrenia/135798.html
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