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Deleterious GRM1 mutations in schizophrenia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2012
Ayoub Mohammed Akli, Angelicheva Dora, Vile David, Chandler David, Morar Bharti, Cavanaugh Juleen A, Visscher Peter M, Jablensky Assen, Pfleger Kevin D G, Kalaydjieva Luba
Abstract excerpt
We analysed a phenotypically well-characterised sample of 450 schziophrenia patients and 605 controls for rare non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in the GRM1 gene, their functional effects and family segregation. GRM1 encodes the metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 (mGluR1), whose documented role as a modulator of neuronal signalling and synaptic plasticity makes it a plausible schizophrenia...
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