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Behavioral phenotyping of glutathione-deficient mice: relevance to schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.
Behavioural brain research - 15 Jan 2012
Kulak Anita, Cuenod Michel, Do Kim Q
Abstract excerpt
Redox-dysregulation represents a common pathogenic mechanism in schizophrenia (SZ) and bipolar disorder (BP). It may in part arise from a genetically compromised synthesis of glutathione (GSH), the major cellular antioxidant and redox-regulator. Allelic variants of the genes coding for the rate-limiting GSH synthesizing enzyme glutamate-cysteine-ligase modifier (GCLM) and/or catalytic (GCLC) subunit have been...
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