The Michigan Daily - Tuesday, June 7, 1983 - Page 5 Schizophrenia linked to heredity LOS ANGELES (AP) - The devastating mental disorder of paranoid schizophrenia seems to have roots in the womb, when normally well-ordered cells deep within the brain of an unborn child are thrown into disarray, UCLA researchers report. Microscopic examination of brain tissue from 10 deceased schizophrenics ages 25 to 67 revealed a striking disorganization among cells within the hip- pocampus, a portion of the brain beieved to be associated with the expression of emotion, said Dr. Arnold Scheibel and Joyce Kovelman of UCLA's Brain Research Institute. THEY SAID in an interview that their study produced the strongest evidence yet of "structural abnormalities in the brains of schizophrenic patien- ts" and may someday allow doctors to identify children as high risks for the disease. Such misalignments have not been reported before and were either absent or much less pronounced in brains from the bodies of eight non-psychotic subjec- ts used as controls, Scheibel said. The researchers conceded their study involved few subjects and only those with paranoia, one of several versions of the disease. But, Kovelman said, "This is the first of many studies that will help us understand the full meaning of this." SCHIZOPHRENIA, a collection of severe mental disorders that may produce such symptoms as hallucinations, feelings of grandeur or persecution, absence of outward emotion and complete loss of touch with reality, remains a mysterious illness. Drugs can often control or limit symptoms, but both cure and cause remain elusive. Scheibel said schizophrenia probably has a multiple causes, effects and outcomes. "Obviously, there are many ways to make the brain sick." Evidence strongly suggests a susceptibility can be inherited. Many theories suggest links to an imbalan- ce in chemicals produced and used by the brain. Some scientists have reported evidence a virus-like agent may be involved in some patients. And errors in the wiring or structure of the brain have been im- plicated periodically for several decades. Kovelman said the new study "is the first quan- tified study, made under very rigid and controlled conditions" to find structural changes. The pyramid-shaped brain cells in the hippocam- pus are normally aligned in almost military precision, she said. In the schizophrenics, many of the cells were in chaotic disarray and "the greatest number of disoriented cells were in the interfaces of the various subdivisions of the hippocampus," where half or more might be badly out of line, she said. Scheibel said the nature and extent of the changes are such that they almost certainly occur during the first few months of pregnancy, when the embryo's nerve cells are migrating into the hippocampal region. CBS, '60 Minutes' win slander lawsuit LOS ANGELES - A civil jury decided yesterday that CBS and its top-rated "60 Minutes" news show did not slander a doctor who was linked on the show to an insurance fraud scheme. The vote was 10-2 in favor of CBS. In civil trials in California, only nine jurors must agree in order to reach a verdict. THE NINE-WOMAN, three-man jury began deliberations Friday after hearing closing arguments. They met for nearly five hours Saturday, spen- ding most of the time re-running "out- takes" of the segment - film shot during the story but never broadcast. Dr. Carl Galloway claimed he was defamed in the December 1979 segment, "It's No Accident," and charged the defendants showed "a reckless disregard for the truth" in reporting the story. The segment, narrated by Rather, focused on alleged insurance fraud schemes operating in Los Angeles' black community. RATHER pointed to one medical clinic - the Manchester West Doctors' Office - which he said was issuing phony medical reports for auto ac- cidents that often had not occurred. "60 Minutes" reported on the adven- tures of a woman named Rosa Bravo, who went to Manchester West at the show's behest and obtained a phony report. The report was held up before cameras and Rather noted it was signed by Galloway. The doctor, watching at home, said he was aghast. He claimed never to have signed such a report, saying the signature was a forgery and that he had stopped working at the clinic months before the "60 Minutes" crew visited. GALLOWAY'S attorney, Bruce Friedman, asked the jury to award Galloway $2.5 million for damage to his professional reputation and $2 million for "personal humiliation." Superior Court Judge Jack Swink ruled out punitive damages last week, saying Galloway had failed to prove "hatred or ill will" on the part of CBS, Rather, and the producers of "60 Minutes." Friedman told the jurors the network and Rather had accused the physician of "guilt by association" in the fraud scheme at the Los Angeles medical clinic. CBS ATTORNEY William Vaughn told jurors that if they awarded the doc- tor "even a dollar, you will signify a willingness to restrain a free press for the sake of one who entered the grimy worldof insurance fraud." Galloway, Vaughn said, failed to prove he was defamed in the news show segment and did not substantiate allegations he was wrongly implicated in the fraud scheme. Rather ... wins court battle AFSCME accuses state of illegal conduct (ContinuedfromPage 3) UNION OFFICIALS charge that this guideline was improperly enforced when MERC disqualified a sealed ballot from a clerical employed at either the Flint or Dearborn campus which was delivered by her husband. According to McGhee the com- mission had previously announced that clericals from other University cam- puses could either mail their ballots or have them delivered. 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