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Decreased Thalamic Expression of the Homeobox Gene DLX1 in Psychosis
Author(s) -
Marjan Kromkamp,
H.B.M. Uylings,
Marten P. Smidt,
Anita J. C. G. M. Hellemons,
J. Peter H. Burbach,
René S. Kahn
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.60.9.869
Subject(s) - psychosis , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , bipolar disorder , homeobox , family history , psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , medicine , biology , gene expression , gene , genetics , cognition
A shared vulnerability to develop psychosis can be related to abnormalities in thalamic circuits in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and could be a genetic link between these disorders. Homeobox genes involved in development and differentiation of the brain could play an important role in these disorders.

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