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No significant association between SIRT1 gene and methamphetamine-induced psychosis in the Japanese population.
Human psychopharmacology - 1 Oct 2011
Kishi Taro, Fukuo Yasuhisa, Okochi Tomo, Kitajima Tsuyoshi, Ujike Hiroshi, Inada Toshiya, Yamada Mitsuhiko, Uchimura Naohisa, Sora Ichiro, Iyo Masaomi, Ozaki Norio, Correll Christoph U, Iwata Nakao
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: We previously showed that the sirtuin 1 gene (SIRT1 gene), one of the clock genes, was associated with schizophrenia in a Japanese patient population. Because the symptoms of methamphetamine (METH)-induced psychosis are similar to those of paranoid type schizophrenia and because not every METH user develops psychosis, it is conceivable that METH-induced psychosis and schizophrenia have common...
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