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DISCopathies: brain disorders related to DISC1 dysfunction.
Reviews in the neurosciences - 1 Jan 2009
Korth Carsten
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During the last decade, disrupted-in-schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) has emerged as a protein involved in the pathogenesis of chronic mental diseases such as schizophrenia, or recurrent affective disorders. Its multiple functions include regulating corticogenesis, synapse integrity and adult neurogenesis, indicating a key role in the hard-wiring and the maintenance of communicative abilities of the brain. From its...
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