RT Journal
T1 THis month in archives of general psychiatry
JF Archives of General Psychiatry
JO Archives of General Psychiatry
YR 2006
FD July 1
VO 63
IS 7
SP 714
OP 714
DO 10.1001/archpsyc.63.7.714
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.63.7.714
AB 
Ho et alArticle found that the Met allele of a brain-derived neurotrophic factor, possibly through the factor's role in modulating synaptic plasticity, causes a specific cognitive dysfunction in schizophrenia. Unlike healthy volunteers, Met allele–carrier patients had greater visuospatial impairment and small gray matter brain volumes in both ventral and dorsal visual pathways than their Val-homozygous counterparts.