Prenatal and Neonatal Brain Structure and White Matter Maturation in Children at High Risk for Schizophrenia

Abstract

Male neonates at genetic risk for schizophrenia had several larger than normal brain volumes, while females did not. To the authors' knowledge, this study provides the first evidence, in the context of its limitations, that early neonatal brain development may be abnormal in males at genetic risk for schizophrenia.