Congenital blindness does not protect against a schizophrenia-related phenotype in rodents.

Abstract excerpt

BACKGROUND: In 1950, Drs. Chevigny and Braverman authored a book about people's attitudes and prejudices toward the blind, noting that out of the thousands of schizophrenia patients they and others had treated, not one was blind. This led some to the intriguing hypothesis that congenital blindness may provide protection against schizophrenia. In this study, we directly examined whether congenital blindness...

Topics

Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.

• Share to Blindness
• Share to Corticosterone
• Share to Disease Models, Animal