Flawed Gene Activity May Contribute to Schizophrenia


By studying human brains from before birth through adulthood,
researchers have identified a gene that increases its activity
during normal brain development but that may fail to ramp up
in people with schizophrenia. The faulty activity of this gene, called “GAD1″, may be to blame for at least some
cases of schizophrenia, the scientists say.

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