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Transmembrane domain Nrg1 mutant mice show altered susceptibility to the neurobehavioural actions of repeated THC exposure in adolescence.
The international journal of neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Feb 2013
Long Leonora E, Chesworth Rose, Huang Xu-Feng, McGregor Iain S, Arnold Jonathon C, Karl Tim
Abstract excerpt
Heavy cannabis abuse increases the risk of developing schizophrenia. Adolescents appear particularly vulnerable to the development of psychosis-like symptoms after cannabis use. To test whether the schizophrenia candidate gene neuregulin 1 (NRG1) modulates the effects of cannabinoids in adolescence, we tested male adolescent heterozygous transmembrane domain Nrg1 mutant (Nrg1 TM HET) mice and wild type-like...
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