Psychiatric disorders are among the most intractable enigmas in medicine. In the past 5
years, there has been unprecedented progress on the genetics of many of these conditions …

Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatric disorder with considerable morbidity and mortality.
Although the past two decades have seen limited improvement in the treatment of …

Schizophrenia is an idiopathic mental disorder with a heritable component and a substantial
public health impact. We conducted a multi-stage genome-wide association study (GWAS) …

Genetics constitute a crucial risk factor to schizophrenia. In the last decade, molecular
genetic research has produced novel findings, infusing optimism about discovering the …

Schizophrenia is a common, clinically heterogeneous disorder associated with lifelong
morbidity and early mortality. Several genetic variants associated with schizophrenia have …

This article introduces the reader to the genetics of schizophrenia: its background; the status
of a variety of genetic findings; new developments (which are many since the last review) 1; …

Schizophrenia is a neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by dissociation of thoughts, idea,
identity, and emotions. It has no central pathophysiological mechanism and precise …

Pharmacological, genetic and expression studies implicate N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA)
receptor hypofunction in schizophrenia (SCZ). Similarly, several lines of evidence suggest …

Many putative genetic factors that confer risk to neurodevelopmental disorders such as
autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and X-linked intellectual disability (XLID), and to …

Schizophrenia and other types of psychosis incur suffering, high health care costs and loss
of human potential, due to the combination of early onset and poor response to treatment …