[Microtubules and microfilaments in the embryonic human brain (healthy subjects and patients)]

Using the method of electron microscopy microtubules and microfilaments were examined in the brain cells of human embryos taken from healthy and schizophrenic women as a result of medical abortions. The brain cells of the embryos obtained from the schizophrenic women showed greater numbers (as compared with normal) of the organelles of both types: the organelles formed accumulations, and lost their correct orientation; the microfilaments contained compact inclusions, and the microtubules were convoluted.