Gene implicated in schizophrenia risk is also associated with risk for cannabis dependence

Thursday, October 11, 2012 - 09:00 in Health & Medicine

New research implicates a new gene in the risk for cannabis dependence. This gene, NRG1, codes for the ErbB4 receptor, a protein implicated in synaptic development and function.

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