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The CACNA1C risk allele selectively impacts on executive function in bipolar type I disorder.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica - 1 Nov 2013
Soeiro-de-Souza M G, Bio D S, Dias V V, Vieta E, Machado-Vieira R, Moreno R A
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OBJECTIVE: Calcium channels are important for converting electrical activity into biochemical events. A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) (rs1006737) in the CACNA1C gene has been strongly associated with increased risk for Bipolar disorder (BD) in genome-wide association studies. Recently, this same SNP has been reported to influence executive function in schizophrenia and controls, but it remains unclear...
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