The brains of people with schizophrenia may attempt to heal from the disease

Brain tissue from the orbitofrontal cortex from 38 people with schizophrenia and 38 people without the disease were used in this study. The density of interstitial neurons in the white matter, and the density of GABAergic neurons in the grey matter were measured. An increased density of interstitial white matter neurons in the white matter, and decreased density of GABAergic neurons in the grey matter was found. This pattern suggests that the migration of interstitial white matter neurons towards an area where they are lacking, because of schizophrenia, is a response to the disease.