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Schizophrenia-related endophenotypes in heterozygous neuregulin-1 'knockout' mice.
The European journal of neuroscience - 1 Jan 2010
O'Tuathaigh C M P, Harte M, O'Leary C, O'Sullivan G J, Blau C, Lai D, Harvey R P, Tighe O, Fagan A J, Kerskens C, Reynolds G P, Waddington J L
Abstract excerpt
Neuregulin-1 (NRG1) has been shown to play a role in glutamatergic neurotransmission and is a risk gene for schizophrenia, in which there is evidence for hypoglutamatergic function. Sensitivity to the behavioural effects of the psychotomimetic N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antagonists MK-801 and...
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