Association study of polymorphisms in the neutral amino acid transporter genes <it>SLC1A4</it>, <it>SLC1A5 </it>and the glycine transporter genes <it>SLC6A5</it>, <it>SLC6A9 </it>with schizophrenia

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Based on the glutamatergic dysfunction hypothesis for schizophrenia pathogenesis, we have been performing systematic association studies of schizophrenia with the genes involved in glutametergic transmission. We report here associati...

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Main Authors: Shibata Hiroki, Ozaki Norio, Ninomiya Hideaki, Iwata Nakao, Tanaka Masami, Takeuchi Naoko, Sagata Noriaki, Deng Xiangdong, Fukumaki Yasuyuki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-07-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-244X/8/58