OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether
schizophrenia is associated with abnormalities in neuronal migration in the
entorhinal cortex. METHOD: Nissl-stained sections through three
cytoarchitectonic subdivisions of the entorhinal cortex were examined in
postmortem brain specimens from 10 schizophrenic subjects and 10 matched
normal comparison subjects. RESULTS: No qualitative differences in
cytoarchitecture were observed between the schizophrenic and comparison
subjects. CONCLUSIONS: These findings do not replicate previous reports of
cytoarchitectural disturbances in the entorhinal cortex of schizophrenic
subjects and thus fail to support the hypothesis of abnormal neuronal
migration in schizophrenia.Abstract Teaser