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DISC1 at 10: connecting psychiatric genetics and neuroscience.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Dec 2011
Porteous David J, Millar J Kirsty, Brandon Nicholas J, Sawa Akira
Abstract excerpt
Psychiatric genetics research, as exemplified by the DISC1 gene, aspires to inform on mental health etiology and to suggest improved strategies for intervention. DISC1 was discovered in 2000 through the molecular cloning of a chromosomal translocation that segregated with a spectrum of major mental illnesses in a single large Scottish family. Through in vitro experiments and mouse models, DISC1 has been firmly...
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