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Candidate gene analysis of the human natural killer-1 carbohydrate pathway and perineuronal nets in schizophrenia: B3GAT2 is associated with disease risk and cortical surface area.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Jan 2011
Kähler Anna K, Djurovic Srdjan, Rimol Lars M, Brown Andrew Anand, Athanasiu Lavinia, Jönsson Erik G, Hansen Thomas, Gústafsson Omar, Hall Håkan, Giegling Ina, Muglia Pierandrea, Cichon Sven, Rietschel Marcella, Pietiläinen Olli P H, Peltonen Leena, Bramon Elvira, Collier David, St Clair David, Sigurdsson Engilbert, Petursson Hannes, Rujescu Dan, Melle Ingrid, Werge Thomas, Steen Vidar M, Dale Anders M, Matthews Russell T, Agartz Ingrid, Andreassen Ole A
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BACKGROUND: The Human Natural Killer-1 carbohydrate (HNK-1) is involved in neurodevelopment and synaptic plasticity. Extracellular matrix structures called perineuronal nets, condensed around subsets of neurons and proximal dendrites during brain maturation, regulate synaptic transmission and pla...
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