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Development of the Prefrontal Cortex during Adolescence: Insights into Vulnerable Neural Circuits in Schizophrenia
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Multiple lines of evidence suggest that the prefrontal cortex is a site of dysfunction in schizophrenia. In addition, one of the characteristics of this disorder is the tendency for clinical symptoms to appear first during late adolescence or early adulthood. Recent studies in nonhuman primates have shown that the connectivity of the prefrontal cortex is substantially refined during adolescence, suggesting that these developmental changes may be critical for the appearance of the clinical features of schizophrenia. This article reviews data demonstrating that these late developmental changes are selective for particular neural elements in the prefrontal cortex and that they are synaptically linked. It is suggested that these neural elements comprise a functional circuit that is likely to be especially vulnerable in schizophrenia, a hypothesis that can be directly tested in postmortem studies.
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“Animal and post-mortem human literature suggests an overexpression of receptors for serotonin, dopamine, adenergic, and endocannabinoids (Lidow and Rakic 1992), a peak in the density of interneurons (Anderson, Classey et al. 1995; Lewis 1997; Erickson and Lewis 2002), and an increase in levels of GABA (Hedner, Iversen et al. 1984).”
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- Authors
- Lewis, D.
- Affiliations
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lewis, D
- ORCID
- Lewis, D
- Venue
- Neuropsychopharmacology
- Published
- 1997-06
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 385-398
- ISSN
- 0893-133X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2013122647
- Cited by
- 388
- References
- 122
- Citations by year
- 2026: 5 · 2025: 5 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 6 · 2022: 5 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 5 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 5 · 2017: 7 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 33 · 2014: 14 · 2013: 19 · 2012: 16
- FWCI
- 2.44
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Neuropsychopharmacology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH43784, MH-51234, MH 45156, R01MH051234, P50MH045156)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience › Neuroscience and Neuropharmacology Research
- Keywords
- prefrontal cortex, adolescence, schizophrenia, synaptic refinement, cortical connectivity, non-human primates, postmortem studies
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Humans, Nerve Net, Schizophrenia, Synapses, Prefrontal Cortex
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