Objective Schizophrenia is one of the most devastating neuropsychiatric disorders. Genetic
epidemiological studies have confirmed that schizophrenia is a genetic disease. Genes …

Abstract The SLC6A3 and SLC6A4 genes are members of a class of neurotransmitter
transporters for the release, re-uptake and recycling of neurotransmitters in synapses …

Background Schizophrenia is a severe mental disease with high morbidity and heritability.
The SLC39A8 gene is located in 4q24 and encodes a protein that transports many metal …

This study was intended to ascertain whether SNPs in dopaminergic and serotoninergic
pathway genes SLC6A2, SLC6A3 and DRD2 are associated with schizophrenia in Han …

Association analysis of CHRNA3 polymorphisms with schizophre... : Medicine Association
analysis of CHRNA3 polymorphisms with schizophrenia in a Chinese Han population: A …

In this study, we analyzed four single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs)(rs10491734,
rs2228622, rs301430 and rs301443) of the solute carrier family 1 gene (SLC1A1) in a set of …

Glutamate is one of the key molecules involved in signal transduction in the brain, and
dysfunction of glutamate signaling could be linked to schizophrenia. The SLC1A1 gene …

Glutamatergic dysfunction may be a pathophysiological feature in the brains of
schizophrenic patients. In addition to glutamate receptors, excitatory amino acid transporters …

BackgroundPsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia and major depressive disorder
(MDD) are likely to be caused by multiple susceptibility genes, each with small effects in …

Glycogen synthase kinase-3B (GSK-3B) is thought to be involved in numerous neuronal
functions and is implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Interestingly, a …