Budget Amount *help |
¥18,590,000 (Direct Cost: ¥14,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥4,290,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000)
Fiscal Year 2010: ¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2009: ¥11,180,000 (Direct Cost: ¥8,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥2,580,000)
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Research Abstract |
Clinical studies suggest that environmental factors, besides genetic factors, play a key role in etiology of many psychiatric disorders. This study demonstrated that schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice lacking PACAP are highly infuluenced by the environmental factors during the early stages of development. In this mutant, we also found abnormalities in the 5-HT2A receptor function and the hippocampal neuron maturation, suggesting possible involvement of these dysfunctions in the development of schizophrenia-related behaviors in mice lacking PACAP.
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