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eIF2B and oligodendrocyte survival: where nature and nurture meet in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia?
Schizophrenia bulletin - 1 Nov 2007
Carter Christopher J
Abstract excerpt
Bipolar disorder and schizophrenia share common chromosomal susceptibility loci and many risk-promoting genes. Oligodendrocyte cell loss and hypomyelination are common to both diseases. A number of environmental risk factors including famine, viral infection, and prenatal or childhood stress may also predispose to schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. In cells, related stressors (starvation, viruses, cytokines,...
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