Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 1 , Pages 87-93 , 1 October 2005

Abnormal striatal expression of transcripts encoding NMDA interacting PSD proteins in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression

Received 29 April 2005 ,Revised 7 June 2005 ,Accepted 13 June 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2005.06.012

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 78, Issue 1 , Pages 87-93 , 1 October 2005