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Genetic analysis of the DLGAP1 gene as a candidate gene for schizophrenia.
Psychiatry research - 30 Jan 2013
Li Jun-Ming, Lu Chao-Lin, Cheng Min-Chih, Luu Sy-Ueng, Hsu Shih-Hsin, Chen Chia-Hsiang
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia is a severe chronic mental disorder with high genetic components in its etiology. Several studies indicated that synaptic dysfunction is involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Postsynaptic synapse-associated protein 90/postsynaptic density 95-associated proteins (SAPAPs) constitute a part of the N-methyl-d-aspartate receptor-associated postsynaptic density proteins, and are involved in...
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