Genes found for schizophrenia are involved in brain signaling

Monday, May 10, 2010 - 14:01 in Biology & Nature

By analyzing the genomes of patients with schizophrenia, genetics researchers have discovered numerous copy number variations -deletions or duplications of DNA sequences -that increase the risk of developing schizophrenia. Significantly, many of these variations occur in genes that affect signaling among brain cells.

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