The schizophrenia susceptibility gene NAGA regulates dendritic spine density: further evidence for the dendritic spine pathology of schizophrenia.

Mol Psychiatry

Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, China.

Published: December 2021

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