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Behavioral, neurochemical and morphological changes induced by the overexpression of munc18-1a in brain of mice: relevance to schizophrenia.
Translational psychiatry - 22 Jan 2013
Urigüen L, Gil-Pisa I, Munarriz-Cuezva E, Berrocoso E, Pascau J, Soto-Montenegro M L, Gutiérrez-Adán A, Pintado B, Madrigal J L M, Castro E, Sánchez-Blázquez P, Ortega J E, Guerrero M J, Ferrer-Alcon M, García-Sevilla J A, Micó J A, Desco M, Leza J C, Pazos A, Garzón J, Meana J J
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Overexpression of the mammalian homolog of the unc-18 gene (munc18-1) has been described in the brain of subjects with schizophrenia. Munc18-1 protein is involved in membrane fusion processes, exocytosis and neurotransmitter release. A transgenic mouse strain that overexpresses the protein isofor...
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