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Gabrb2-knockout mice displayed schizophrenia-like and comorbid phenotypes with interneuron-astrocyte-microglia dysregulation.
Translational psychiatry - 17 Jul 2018
Yeung Rigil K, Xiang Zheng-Hua, Tsang Shui-Ying, Li Rui, Ho Timothy Y C, Li Qi, Hui Chok-King, Sham Pak-Chung, Qiao Ming-Qi, Xue Hong
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Intronic polymorphisms of the GABAA receptor β2 subunit gene (GABRB2) under adaptive evolution were associated with schizophrenia and reduced expression, especially of the long isoform which differs in electrophysiological properties from the short isoform. The present study was directed to examining the gene dosage effects of Gabrb2 in knockout mice of both heterozygous (HT) and homozygous (KO) genotypes with...
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