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Commentary| Volume 70, ISSUE 12, P1107-1108, December 15, 2011

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Abnormal Brain Wiring as a Pathogenetic Mechanism in Schizophrenia

  • Martijn P. van den Heuvel
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    Address correspondence to Martijn van den Heuvel, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3508 GA Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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  • René S. Kahn
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    Department of Psychiatry, University Medical Center Utrecht, Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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      Our brain is a network. On a macroscopic level, hundreds of brain regions, each having their own task or function, interact through thousands of structural connections, continuously processing, sharing, and integrating information.
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