Overactivation of neuroimmune gene leads to schizophrenia-like changes in mice

Overactivation of neuroimmune gene leads to schizophrenia-like changes in mice

Overactivation of neuroimmune gene leads to schizophrenia-like changes in mice

Excessive activity of an immune system gene previously linked to schizophrenia reproduces neural and behavioral aspects of the disease in mice, according to a new study publishing on January 14 in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Ashley Comer and Alberto Cruz-Martín of Boston University and colleagues.