There is new evidence supporting the theory that children born of mothers who had inflammation during pregnancy have an elevated risk for developing a psychotic disorder by adulthood. The data…
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In response to a 1996 government mandate, food producers in the U.S. began fortifying their grain-based products with folic acid to reduce serious birth defects affecting the brain, spinal cord, and…
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Genetics play an important role in shaping an individual’s risk of schizophrenia, but environmental factors—especially those encountered before birth—may be just as important.
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From The Quarterly, May 2016
At what point do the fruits of basic research—the hard-won bits and pieces of knowledge about brain function that the Foundation’s grants generate—result in the…
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