Suspect gene may trigger runaway synaptic pruning during adolescence – NIH-funded study.
The site in Chromosome 6 harboring the gene C4 towers far above other risk-associated areas on schizophrenia’s genomic “skyline,” marking its strongest known genetic influence. The new study is the first to explain how specific gene versions work biologically to confer schizophrenia risk. Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
Bethesda, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–January 28, 2016. Versions of a gene linked to schizophreniamay trigger runaway pruning of the…
