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Association and expression study of synapsin III and schizophrenia.
Neuroscience letters - 20 Nov 2009
Chen Qi, Che Rongling, Wang Xu, O'Neill Francis A, Walsh Dermot, Tang Wei, Shi Yongyong, He Lin, Kendler Kenneth S, Chen Xiangning
Abstract excerpt
The synapsin III gene, SYN3, which belongs to the family of synaptic vesicle-associated proteins, has been implicated in the modulation of neurotransmitter release and in synaptogenesis, suggesting a potential role in several neuropsychiatric diseases. The human SYN3 gene is located on chromosome 22q12-13, a candidate region implicated in previous linkage studies of schizophrenia. However, association studies of...
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