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Developmental and cellular vulnerabilities underlie genetic architecture of schizophrenia.

Sep 2026 · Molecular Psychiatry · 0 citations · 79 references
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A high-resolution cellular and temporal framework of SZ susceptibility is established, implicating mature associative IT microcircuits, deep-layer thalamocortical-regulating networks, and early developmental specification windows as primary points of genetic convergence in SZ.

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