Schizophrenia associated genes

摘要

The present invention relates to the identification of genes which have been disrupted in patients diagnosed as suffering from schizophrenia and/or bi-polar affective disorder, as well as proteins encoded by the gene and antibodies thereto and to uses of such products as medicaments for treating schizophrenia and/or affective psychosis. The invention also relates to methods for diagnosing, patients suffering or predisposed to schizophrenia and/or affective psychosis, as well as screens for developing novel treatment regimes for schizophrenia and/or affective psychosis.