Alterations in synaptic proteins and their encoding mRNAs in prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia: A possible neurochemical basis for 'hypofrontality'

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-45

  Karson, C N ^a,b   Mrak, R E ^a,b   Schluterman, K O ^c   Sturner, W Q ^d   Sheng, J G ^c,e   Griffin, W S T ^a,b,c,f  

^a CENTRAL ARKANSAS VETERANS HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d Med Examiner's Off State of A   (United States)

^e SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Northern blot; SNAP 25; Synaptophysin; Western immunoblot

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; RNA 28S; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; SYNAPTOSOMAL ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 25;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 0033006832     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000459     Document Type: Article

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