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[Constructive Understanding of Multi-scale Dynamism of Neuropsychiatric Disorders]
1Lab for Multi-scale Biological Psychiatry, RIKEN Center for Brain Science.
Abstract:
Although synaptic abnormalities are implicated in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia, it remains unclear whether the synaptic pathology is a casual mechanism that controls the behaviors, or whether it is merely a secondary consequence of the disorder. Chaotic behavior and fluctuations in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia also make it challenging to gain a better understanding of the disorder. In this study, we focused on the disorders in a constructive and multi-scale manner, we attempt to elucidate the causal relationships across the hierarchy between schizophrenia-related genes and disease-related behaviors.
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