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Genetic dissection of the psychotomimetic effects of cannabinoid exposure.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 3 Jul 2014
O'Tuathaigh Colm M P, Gantois Ilse, Waddington John L
Abstract excerpt
Cannabis use is an established risk factor for the development of schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Factors that may mediate susceptibility to the psychosis-inducing effects of cannabis include the age at onset of first cannabis use, genetic predisposition, as well as interaction with other environmental risk variables. Clinical and preclinical genetic studies provide increasing evidence that, in...
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