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The schizophrenia susceptibility gene neuregulin 1 modulates tolerance to the effects of cannabinoids.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jun 2011
Boucher Aurélie A, Hunt Glenn E, Micheau Jacques, Huang Xufeng, McGregor Iain S, Karl Tim, Arnold Jonathon C
Abstract excerpt
Cannabis increases the risk of schizophrenia in genetically vulnerable individuals. In this study we aim to show that the schizophrenia susceptibility gene neuregulin 1 (Nrg1) modulates the development of tolerance to cannabinoids in mice. Nrg1 heterozygous (HET) and wild-type (WT) mice were treated daily for 15 d with the synthetic analogue of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol, CP55,940 (0.4 mg/kg). We measured the impact...
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