Schizophrenia Research
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 46-61 , November 2007

Differential alterations of kainate receptor subunits in inhibitory interneurons in the anterior cingulate cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

  • Tsung-Ung W. Woo

      Affiliations

    • Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Road, Belmont, MA 02478, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA 02115, United States
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  • Kevin Shrestha

      Affiliations

    • Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Road, Belmont, MA 02478, United States
    • ,
  • Christopher Amstrong

      Affiliations

    • Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Road, Belmont, MA 02478, United States
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  • Martin M. Minns

      Affiliations

    • Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Road, Belmont, MA 02478, United States
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  • John P. Walsh

      Affiliations

    • Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Road, Belmont, MA 02478, United States
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  • Francine M. Benes

      Affiliations

    • Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience, McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Road, Belmont, MA 02478, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
    • Program in Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. McLean Hospital, 115 Mill Street, Belmont, MA 02478, United States. Tel.: +1 617 855 2401; fax: +1 617 855 3199.

Received 16 March 2007 ,Revised 14 June 2007 ,Accepted 18 June 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.06.023

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 96, Issue 1 , Pages 46-61 , November 2007

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