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Alpha-CaMKII deficiency causes immature dentate gyrus, a novel candidate endophenotype of psychiatric disorders

Nobuyuki Yamasaki1,2,3,4, Motoko Maekawa3,5, Katsunori Kobayashi3,6, Yasushi Kajii7, Jun Maeda8, Miho Soma5, Keizo Takao1,3,4,9, Koichi Tanda1,3,4, Koji Ohira3,4,9, Keiko Toyama1,3,4,9, Kouji Kanzaki7, Kohji Fukunaga10, Yusuke Sudo11, Hiroshi Ichinose11,3, Masashi Ikeda12,13,3, Nakao Iwata12,3, Norio Ozaki13,3, Hidenori Suzuki6, Makoto Higuchi8, Tetsuya Suhara8, Shigeki Yuasa3,5 and Tsuyoshi Miyakawa1,14,3,4,9*

Author Affiliations

1 Genetic Engineering and Functional Genomics Group, Frontier Technology Center, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Yoshida-Konoe-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

2 Department of Psychiatry, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Shogoin-Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

3 Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Saitama, Japan

4 Japan Science and Technology Agency, BIRD, Saitama, Japan

5 Department of Ultrastructural Research, National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, 4-1-1 Ogawa-higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan

6 Department of Pharmacology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

7 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, 1000 Kamoshida-cho, Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Japan

8 Department of Molecular Neuroimaging, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba, Japan

9 Division of Systems Medicine, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Japan

10 Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku University, Aramaki, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Japan

11 Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama, Japan

12 Graduate School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, 1-98 Dengakugakubo, Kutsukake-cho, Toyoake, Japan

13 Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan

14 Center for Genetic Analysis of Behavior, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Japan

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Molecular Brain 2008, 1:6 doi:10.1186/1756-6606-1-6

Published: 10 September 2008

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