Stimulation of Synaptic Vesicle Exocytosis by the Mental Disease Gene DISC1 is Mediated by N-Type Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels

Lesions and mutations of the DISC1 (Disrupted-in-schizophrenia-1) gene have been linked to major depression, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and autism, but the influence of DISC1 on synaptic transmission remains poorly understood. Using two independent genetic approaches—RNAi and a DISC1 KO mouse—w...

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Main Authors: Tang, Willcyn, Thevathasan, Jervis Vermal, Lin, Qingshu, Lim, Kim Buay, Kuroda, Keisuke, Kaibuchi, Kozo, Bilger, Marcel, Soong, Tuck Wah, Fivaz, Marc
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4906242/