Dr. Mathieu Lesort, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology leads pilot study

mlesortDr. Mathieu Lesort, Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, is leading a pilot study supported by the Department to test the hypothesis that selective and developmentally regulated post translational modifications of the Disrupted InSchizophrenia-1 gene (DISC1) tightly regulate its association with binding proteins. Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder are common and devastating diseases of the brain that remain poorly understood and likely result from a complex interplay between multiple factors influencing susceptibility and progression.  

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