CONTENTS

Foreword by Robert Freedman
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Alan S. Brown and Paul H. Patterson
Overview
Schizophrenia and the Lifetime Trajectory of Psychotic Illness: Developmental Neuroscience and Pathobiology, Redux
John L. Waddington, Robin J. Hennessy, Colm M. P. O’Tuathaigh, Olabisi Owoeye, and Vincent Russell
PART 1 Clinical Research on Risk Factors for Schizophrenia
SECTION 1
Environmental Factors: Epidemiologic Studies on the Etiologies of Schizophrenia
1 Maternal Infection and Schizophrenia
Alan S. Brown
2 Prenatal Nutrition and the Etiology of Schizophrenia
Kristin N. Harper and Alan S. Brown
3 Obstetric Complications and Schizophrenia:
Historical Overview and New Directions
Mary Clarke, Sarah Roddy, and Mary Cannon
4 Maternal Stress During Pregnancy and Schizophrenia
Mary C. Iampietro and Lauren M. Ellman
5 Advancing Paternal Age and the Risk for Schizophrenia
Sarah Crystal, Karine Kleinhaus, Mary Perrin, and Dolores Malaspina
6 Cannabis Use as a Component Cause of Schizophrenia
Paola Casadio, Marta Di Forti, and Robin M. Murray
SECTION 2
Genetics and Epigenetics
7 Schizophrenia Genetics: What Have We Learned from Genomewide Association Studies?
Alan R. Sanders, Jubao Duan, and Pablo V. Gejman
8 Genetic Architecture of Schizophrenia:
The Contribution of Copy Number Variation
Maria Karayiorgou, Rebecca J. Levy, and Bin Xu
9 The Epigenetics of Schizophrenia
Iris Cheung, Mira Jakovcevski, and Schahram Akbarian
PART 2 Preclinical Research on Etiologies of Schizophrenia
SECTION 1
Animal Models of Environmental Factors and Schizophrenia
10 Animal Models of the Maternal Infection Risk Factor for Schizophrenia
Paul H. Patterson
11 Developmental Vitamin D Deficiency as a Risk Factor for Schizophrenia
Xiaoying Cui, Darryl W. Eyles, Thomas H. J. Burne, and John J. McGrath
12 Animal Models of Prenatal Protein Malnutrition Relevant for Schizophrenia
Lisa M. Tarantino, Teresa M. Reyes, and Abraham A. Palmer
13 Animal Models of the Maternal Stress Risk Factor for Schizophrenia
Paul H. Patterson
SECTION 2
Animal Models of Genetic Factors and Schizophrenia
14 DISC1: A New Paradigm for Schizophrenia and Biological Psychiatry
David Porteous
15 Mutant Models of Nrg1 and ErbB4:
Abnormalities of Brain Structures, Functions, and Behaviors Relevant to Schizophrenia
Yachi Chen, Lorna W. Role, and David A. Talmage
List of Contributors
Index