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P50 amplitude reduction: a nicotinic receptor-mediated deficit in first-degree relatives of schizophrenia patients.
Psychopharmacology - 1 May 2012
Turetsky Bruce I, Dent Gersham, Jaeger Judith, Zukin Stephen R
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Impaired P50 gating is a putative index of genetically mediated nicotinic dysfunction in schizophrenia. However, assessment is confounded, in patients, by differential effects of smoking, symptoms, and treatment. OBJECTIVES: This double-blind placebo-controlled study was designed to tease apart the relationships among P50, acute and chronic nicotine exposure, and familial risk. METHODS AND RESULTS:...
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