Decrease in Reelin and Glutamic Acid Decarboxylase67 (GAD67) Expression in Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

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SCHIZOPHRENIA is presumed to be a disorder of brain cortical function expressing a variable array of devastating psychiatric symptoms. Such florid symptoms contrast with comparatively modest anatomopathological alterations characterized by (1) dilation of cerebral ventricles1; (2) reduction of cortical neuropil, resulting in an apparent increase in cell-packing density2; (3) decrease in apical dendrite spine density on cortical pyramidal neurons3,4; (4) important morphological (axon terminals of chandelier neurons)5 and neurochemical (decrease of glutamic acid decarboxylase67 [GAD67])6-8 alterations of inhibitory γ-aminobutyric acid-ergic (GABAergic) interneurons.