Monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia differ in maturation and synaptic transmission
Stern S, Zhang L, Wang M, Wright R, Rosh I, Hussein Y, Stern T, Choudhary A, Tripathi U, Reed P, Sadis H, Nayak R, Shemen A, Agarwal K, Cordeiro D, Peles D, Hang Y, Mendes A, Baul T, Roth J, Coorapati S, Boks M, McCombie W, Hulshoff Pol H, Brennand K, Réthelyi J, Kahn R, Marchetto M, Gage F. Monozygotic twins discordant for schizophrenia differ in maturation and synaptic transmission. Molecular Psychiatry 2024, 1-15. PMID: 38704507, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-024-02561-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCo-twinSchizophrenia patientsMonozygotic twinsHippocampal synaptic deficitsHealthy twinsSynapse-related genesDepressive disorderPsychiatric disordersSchizophreniaControl twinsTwin pairsSynaptic activitySynaptic deficitsTwin siblingsNeurophysiological abnormalitiesGroup of patientsSynaptic transmissionDiscordant twinsDisordersHippocampal neuronsNeuronsReprogrammed iPSCsIPSC modelsPatientsSiblings