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Genetic association analysis of NRG1 with methamphetamine-induced psychosis in a Japanese population.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Aug 2009
Okochi Tomo, Kishi Taro, Ikeda Masashi, Kitajima Tsuyoshi, Kinoshita Yoko, Kawashima Kunihiro, Okumura Takenori, Tsunoka Tomoko, Inada Toshiya, Yamada Mitsuhiko, Uchimura Naohisa, Iyo Masaomi, Sora Ichiro, Ozaki Norio, Ujike Hiroshi, Iwata Nakao
Abstract excerpt
The neuregulin 1 gene (NRG1) has been identified as a candidate gene for schizophrenia in a linkage study in the Icelandic population. Recent evidence also suggested that it might be related to the neurodevelopmental hypothesis and glutamate hypothesis for schizophrenia. Because the symptomatology of methamphetamine (METH) use disorder with accompanying psychosis is similar to that of patients with schizophrenia,...
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