Schizophrenia and epilepsy as a result of maternally inherited CNTN6 copy number variant

Copy number variants have made important contributions to understanding neuropsychiatric disorders, including schizophrenia. Deletions in genes encoding neuronal cell adhesion molecules have identified widely varied neurodevelopmental phenotypes.

Source: Schizophrenia Research - July 5, 2018 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Cecilia Juan-Perez, Sarah Farrand, Dennis Velakoulis Source Type: research