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Risperidone and NAP protect cognition and normalize gene expression in a schizophrenia mouse model.
Scientific reports - 10 Nov 2015
Vaisburd Sinaya, Shemer Zeev, Yeheskel Adva, Giladi Eliezer, Gozes Illana
Abstract excerpt
Mutated disrupted in schizophrenia 1 (DISC1), a microtubule regulating protein, leads to schizophrenia and other psychiatric illnesses. It is hypothesized that microtubule stabilization may provide neuroprotection in schizophrenia. The NAP (NAPVSIPQ) sequence of activity-dependent neuroprotective protein (ADNP) contains the SxIP motif, microtubule end binding (EB) protein target, which is critical for microtubule...
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