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NEUROSCIENCE AND BIOBEHAVIORAL REVIEWS
卷 131, 期 -, 页码 1150-1168出版社
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.10.025
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Schizophrenia; Dual hit hypothesis; Environmental risk factors; Genetic susceptibility; Animal models; Behaviour; Priming; Brain development
Schizophrenia is a psychiatric disorder with a complex etiology involving genetic and environmental factors. Animal studies suggest that early environmental risk factors can impact various neurobiological systems, increasing susceptibility to other risks later in life. A second insult, like social isolation or stress, can further disrupt these systems and lead to behavioral abnormalities.
Schizophrenia is a heterogeneous psychiatric disorder, which can severely impact social and professional functioning. Epidemiological and clinical studies show that schizophrenia has a multifactorial aetiology comprising genetic and environmental risk factors. Although several risk factors have been identified, it is still not clear how they result in schizophrenia. This knowledge gap, however, can be investigated in animal studies. In this review, we summarise animal studies regarding molecular and cellular mechanisms through which genetic and environmental factors may affect brain development, ultimately causing schizophrenia. Preclinical studies suggest that early environmental risk factors can affect the immune, GABAergic, glutamatergic, or dopaminergic system and thus increase the susceptibility to another risk factor later in life. A second insult, like social isolation, stress, or drug abuse, can further disrupt these systems and the interactions between them, leading to behavioural abnormalities. Surprisingly, first insults like maternal infection and early maternal separation can also have protective effects. Single gene mutations associated with schizophrenia did not have a major impact on the susceptibility to subsequent environmental hits.
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