Interaction Between Gene Variants May Alter Brain Function In Schizophrenia
Tuesday, November 11, 2008 - 09:35
in Biology & Nature
Scientists are giving what may be the first look at how interactions between genes underlie a key symptom of schizophrenia, impaired working memory. Functional imaging studies reveal how a combination of common variants in two genes is associated with reduced activity of important brain structures in schizophrenia patients but not in normal controls.