Schizophrenia Research
Volume 98, Issue 1 , Pages 111-117 , January 2008

Histone deactylase 1 expression is increased in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenia subjects: Analysis of the National Brain Databank microarray collection

  • Rajiv P. Sharma

      Affiliations

    • The Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago—College of Medicine, 912 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612, United States
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. The Psychiatric Institute 1601 West Taylor Street Chicago, IL 60612, United States. Tel.: +1 312 413 4508; fax: +1 312 413 4503.
  • ,
  • Dennis R. Grayson

      Affiliations

    • The Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago—College of Medicine, 912 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612, United States
  • ,
  • David P. Gavin

      Affiliations

    • The Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor St., Chicago, IL 60612, United States
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago—College of Medicine, 912 S. Wood St., Chicago, IL 60612, United States

Received 27 June 2007 ,Revised 10 September 2007 ,Accepted 14 September 2007.

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 This work was presented at the Society of Biological Psychiatry meeting in San Diego, May 2007.

PII: S0920-9964(07)00428-8

doi: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.09.020

Schizophrenia Research
Volume 98, Issue 1 , Pages 111-117 , January 2008