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Association study of a cannabinoid receptor gene (CNR1) polymorphism and schizophrenia.
Psychiatric genetics - 1 Sept 2000
Tsai S J, Wang Y C, Hong C J
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Cannabis can induce schizophrenic-like symptoms in healthy individuals. A principal active ingredient of cannabis, delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol, acts in the brain on a specific receptor, termed the cannabinoid receptor 1 (CNR1). The human gene for CNR1 is mapped to chromosome 6q14-15, and linkage...
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