Dr. Segundo Mesa Castillo
Title: Direct evidence of viral infection and mitochondrial alterations in the brain of fetuses at high risk for schizophrenia
Biography
Segundo Mesa Castillo.
As Specialist in Neurology, he worked for 10 years in the Institute of
Neurology of Havana, Cuba. He has worked
in Electron Microscopic Studies on Schizophrenia for 32 years. He was awarded
with the International Price of the Stanley Foundation Award Program and for
the Professional Committee to work as a fellowship position in the Laboratory
of the Central Nervous System Studies, National Institute of Neurological
Diseases and Stroke under Dr. Joseph Gibbs for a period of 6 months, National
Institute of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, Washington D.C. USA, June 5, 1990. At
present he is member of the Scientific Board of the Psychiatric Hospital of
Havana and give lectures to residents in psychiatry
Research Interest
Psychology, Neurology
