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Schizophrenia-an evolutionary enigma?

Neuroscience and biobehavioral reviews - 1 Mar 2004

Brüne Martin

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The term 'schizophrenia' refers to a group of disorders that have been described in every human culture. Two apparently well established findings have corroborated the need for an evolutionary explanation of these disorders: (1) cross-culturally stable incidence rates and (2) decreased fecundity of the affected individuals. The rationale behind this relates to the evolutionary paradox that susceptibility genes...

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PMID: 15036932
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2003.10.002

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