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Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) gene and schizophrenia: polymorphism screening and association analysis.
Psychiatry research - 10 Oct 2001
Lee K, Kunugi H, Nanko S
Abstract excerpt
The glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) is an important neurotrophic and potential differentiation factor for dopaminergic systems. Both the dopamine theory and the neurodevelopmental hypothesis of schizophrenia suggest that alterations of GDNF functions could be involved in the pathogenesis of schizophrenia. Using polymerase chain reaction and single strand conformational polymorphism analysis, we...
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