Searching for neurodevelopmental causes of schizophrenia
Whereas the exact causes of schizophrenia are unknown, abnormal neural developmental is a strong risk factor. The Szele group examine this relationship with human induced pluripotential stem cells (hIPSC), post-mortem human histology and a mouse model and find the three approaches indicate neurodevelopment is altered in schizophrenia. Our hIPSC data, generated in collaboration with Tony James and international colleagues indicate that mTOR signalling is significantly disrupted in schizophrenia. Histological examination of the caudate nucleus showed a significant decrease in calretinin+ cells in the disease. Finally, our dysbindin mutation x inflammation mouse model had disrupted neural stem cell niches.

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Date: 18 October 2022, 9:30
Venue: Seminar Room
Speaker: Professor Francis Szele (University of Oxford)
Organising department: Department of Psychiatry
Organiser contact email address: rania.elgarf@psych.ox.ac.uk
Host: Professor Noel Buckley (University of Oxford)
Part of: Psychiatry Seminar Series
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Audience: Members of the University only
Editors: Diana Verley, Rania Elgarf