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Dysbindin-1 is reduced in intrinsic, glutamatergic terminals of the hippocampal formation in schizophrenia.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 May 2004
Talbot Konrad, Eidem Wess L, Tinsley Caroline L, Benson Matthew A, Thompson Edward W, Smith Rachel J, Hahn Chang-Gyu, Siegel Steven J, Trojanowski John Q, Gur Raquel E, Blake Derek J, Arnold Steven E
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Eleven studies now report significant associations between schizophrenia and certain haplotypes of single-nucleotide polymorphisms in the gene encoding dysbindin-1 at 6p22.3. Dysbindin-1 is best known as dystrobrevin-binding protein 1 (DTNBP1) and may thus be associated with the dystrophin glycoprotein complex found at certain postsynaptic sites in the brain. Contrary to expectations, however, we found that when...
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