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Probing the Association between Early Evolutionary Markers and Schizophrenia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Srinivasan Saurabh, Bettella Francesco, Hassani Sahar, Wang Yunpeng, Witoelar Aree, Schork Andrew J, Thompson Wesley K, Collier David A, Desikan Rahul S, Melle Ingrid, Dale Anders M, Djurovic Srdjan, Andreassen Ole A
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is suggested to be a by-product of the evolution in humans, a compromise for our language, creative thinking and cognitive abilities, and thus, essentially, a human disorder. The time of its origin during the course of human evolution remains unclear. Here we investigate several markers of early human evolution and their relationship to the genetic risk of schizophrenia. We tested the schizophrenia...
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