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Genetic variation in CACNA1C affects brain circuitries related to mental illness.
Archives of general psychiatry - 1 Sept 2010
Bigos Kristin L, Mattay Venkata S, Callicott Joseph H, Straub Richard E, Vakkalanka Radhakrishna, Kolachana Bhaskar, Hyde Thomas M, Lipska Barbara K, Kleinman Joel E, Weinberger Daniel R
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CONTEXT: The CACNA1C gene (alpha-1C subunit of the L-type voltage-gated calcium channel) has been identified as a risk gene for bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, but the mechanism of association has not been explored. OBJECTIVE: To identify the neural system mechanism that explains the genetic association between the CACNA1C gene and psychiatric illness using neuroimaging and human brain expression. DESIGN: We...
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