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Variations in Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 gene modulate long-term longitudinal differences in cortical thickness in patients with a first-episode of psychosis.
Brain imaging and behavior - 1 Sept 2016
Vázquez-Bourgon Javier, Roiz-Santiañez Roberto, Papiol Sergi, Ferro Adele, Varela-Gómez Noemí, Fañanás Lourdes, Crespo-Facorro Benedicto
Abstract excerpt
Schizophrenia patients typically present a widespread bilateral cortical thinning from the early stages of the illness. However, there is controversy whether this reduction in cortical thickness (CT) is static or progressive over the evolution of the disorder. Disrupted-in-Schizophrenia 1 (DISC1) is one of the main candidates genes for schizophrenia, as it has been found associated to the illness, and to several...
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