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Center for Translational Neuroscience Seminar Series

Center for Translational Neuroscience Seminar Series. Tuesday , July 9, 12 noon Rayford Auditorium, Biomed II Bldg. “ Review of: Up -regulation of neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS1) in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic and bipolar patients ” Stasia D’Onofrio

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Center for Translational Neuroscience Seminar Series

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  1. Center for Translational Neuroscience Seminar Series Tuesday, July 9, 12 noon Rayford Auditorium, Biomed II Bldg. “Review of: Up-regulation of neuronal calcium sensor-1 (NCS1) in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic and bipolar patients” StasiaD’Onofrio Graduate Student Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences Advisor: E. Garcia-Rill, PhD

  2. The delineation of dopamine dysfunction in the mentally ill has been a long-standing quest of biological psychiatry. The present study focuses on a recently recognized group of dopamine receptor-interacting proteins as possible novel sites of dysfunction in schizophrenic and bipolar patients. We demonstrate that the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex in schizophrenia and bipolar cases from the Stanley Foundation Neuropathology Consortium display significantly elevated levels of the D2 dopamine receptor desensitization regulatory protein, neuronal calcium sensor-1. These levels of neuronal calcium sensor-1 were not influenced by age, gender, hemisphere, cause of death, postmortem period, alcohol consumptions, or antipsychotic and mood stabilizing medications. The present study supports the hypothesis that schizophrenia and bipolar disorder may be associated with abnormalities in dopamine receptor-interacting proteins. 

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