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Reduced expression of the NMDA receptor-interacting protein SynGAP causes behavioral abnormalities that model symptoms of Schizophrenia.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jun 2009
Guo Xiaochuan, Hamilton Peter J, Reish Nicholas J, Sweatt J David, Miller Courtney A, Rumbaugh Gavin
Abstract excerpt
Abnormal function of NMDA receptors is believed to be a contributing factor to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. NMDAR subunits and postsynaptic-interacting proteins of these channels are abnormally expressed in some patients with this illness. In mice, reduced NMDAR expression leads to behaviors analogous to symptoms of schizophrenia, but reports of animals with mutations in core postsynaptic density...
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