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No association between the KCNH1, KCNJ10 and KCNN3 genes and schizophrenia in the Han Chinese population.
Neuroscience letters - 3 Jan 2011
Shen Qi, Zhang Jing, Wang Yang, Liu Baocheng, Li Xingwang, Zhao Qingzhu, Chen Shiqing, Ji Jue, Yang Fengping, Wan Chunling, Gao Linghan, Xu Yifeng, Feng Guoyin, He Lin, He Guang
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a common severe mental illness affecting 0.3-2.0% of the world's population. The potassium channels are thought to have a role in modulating electrical excitability in neurons, regulating calcium signaling in oligodendrocytes and regulating action potential duration in presynaptic terminals and GABA release. Previous studies have reported that some potassium channel genes might be candidate genes...
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