Shuji Iritani
Over 100 years ago, Kreapelin had supposed that the etiology of schizophrenia (dementia praecox) was owing to the brain pathology. Afterwards, the pioneers including Dr. Alois Alzheimer had been pursued the peculiarity of neuropathological findings of this disease. But the neuropathology of schizophrenia remains obscure. While remarkable progress has been made in the neuropathological study of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, progress in studying the neuropathological entity of schizophrenia has not keep pace; the phrase "schizophrenia is the graveyard of neuropathologists" has been stated in the field...
June 2007: Brain and Nerve, Shinkei Kenkyū No Shinpo