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Common variants in SLC1A2 and schizophrenia: Association and cognitive function in patients with schizophrenia and healthy individuals.
Schizophrenia research - 1 Dec 2015
Zhang Bao, Guan Fanglin, Chen Gang, Lin Huali, Zhang Tianxiao, Feng Jiali, Li Lu, Fu Dongke
Abstract excerpt
SLC1A2 is reported to be responsible for the majority of glutamate uptake, which has a crucial role in neural development and synaptic plasticity, and a disturbance in glutamatergic transmission has been suggested to be involved in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia (SCZ) and cognition. To evaluate the relationship of common variants within SLC1A2 with SCZ and cognition in Han Chinese, 28 tag SNPs were...
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