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Gene expression data from more than 500 human brains shed light on the molecular consequences of genetic variation that contributes to schizophrenia.

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Figure 1: Brain gene expression in schizophrenia.

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  1. Frank W. Albert is in the Department of Genetics, Cell Biology & Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.,

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Albert, F. Brains, genes and power. Nat Neurosci 19, 1428–1430 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nn.4424

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