Altered levels of the synaptosomal associated protein SNAP-25 in schizophrenia

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 239-243

  Thompson, Peter M ^a   Sower, Angela C ^a   Perrone Bizzozero, Nora I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Neurotransmission; Postmortem; Schizophrenia; SNAP 25; Vesicular protein

Indexed keywords

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION CORTEX; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL CORTEX;

EID: 0032520022     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(97)00204-7     Document Type: Article

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