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Schizophrenia is a severe mental disorder striking mainly young adults and leading to life-long disability in a substantial portion of the sufferers. On the other hand, substantial knowledge about its etiology and pathogenesis is still lacking. Therefore the European Science Foundation (ESF) sponsored a meeting of a panel of European experts on schizophrenia research to discuss the state of art and future perspectives of key topics in this area. The fields covered genetics, epidemiology, animal models, molecular neuropathology and imaging. This was a first step to establish a network of European groups dedicated to Schizophrenia research. The coming calls of the frame work program will be used to strengthen this network in order to achieve substantial progress in understanding and treating this devastating illness.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/j.eurpsy.2008.02.006

Type

Journal article

Journal

Eur Psychiatry

Publication Date

06/2008

Volume

23

Pages

224 - 232

Keywords

Animals, Brain, Cross-Sectional Studies, Diagnostic Imaging, Disease Models, Animal, Epistasis, Genetic, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Lod Score, Nerve Tissue Proteins, Neuregulin-1, Schizophrenia