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Schizophrenia neuropathology: tortoises and hares
  1. PAUL J HARRISON
  1. University Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Oxford OX3 7JX, UK. Telephone 0044 1865 223730; fax 0044 1865 793101; email paul.harrison@psychiatry.ox.ac.uk

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    A decade ago, the neuropathology of schizophrenia was an aging tortoise being overtaken by the young hare of molecular genetics. The smart money was on positional cloning finding the schizophrenia gene(s), after which the pathobiology of the disorder would finally be revealed. The race, however, has taken a different turn. The hare is no longer sure what race it is in, nor where the finishing line is.1 Meanwhile, the tortoise has found a new turn of speed, aided by the stiffening breeze of MRI evidence for structural abnormalities,2 new techniques, and better methodologies.3 Although no findings …

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