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Genetic variants of GRIA1 are associated with susceptibility to schizophrenia in Korean population.
Molecular biology reports - 1 Dec 2012
Kang Won Sub, Park Jin Kyung, Kim Su Kang, Park Hae Jeong, Lee Sang Min, Song Ji Young, Chung Joo-Ho, Kim Jong Woo
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The α-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-propionic acid (AMPA) receptors are important for glutamate synaptic transmission in the central nervous system. Glutamate receptor, ionotropic, AMPA receptor 1 gene (GRIA1) belongs to the family of AMPA receptors. There is increasing evidence that AMPA receptors dysfunction may be related to an increased susceptibility to schizophrenia. The aim of this study was therefore to...
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