統合失調症におけるグルタミン酸受容体遺伝子のヒポカンプス発現の低下

P J Harrison1, D McLaughlin, R W Kerwin

  • 1Department of Anatomy, St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, UK.

Lancet (London, England)
|February 23, 1991
PubMed
まとめ

研究者らは,統合失調症患者の脳内の特定のグルタミン酸受容体メッセンジャーRNAの有意な減少を発見しました. これは,異常なグルタマタージック機能が統合失調症の病原性において役割を果たす可能性を示唆し,潜在的な治療標的を提供している.

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