title: The GABA system in schizophrenia: cells, molecules and microcircuitry.
abstract: This is an overview of several papers that have been published in the Special Issue of Schizophrenia Research entitled The GABA System in Schizophrenia: Cells, Molecules and Microcircuitry. This issue presents a broad range of original reports and scholarly reviews regarding recent progress in studies of neural circuitry in corticolimbic brain regions in patients with schizophrenia.
authors.affiliation: Program in Structural and Molecular Neuroscience and Harvard Brain Tissue Resource Center, McLean Hospital, United States; William P. and Henry B. Test Professor of Psychiatric Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, United States. Electronic address: fbenes@mclean.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Francine M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Benes
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009415:Nerve Net / Q000378:metabolism*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005680:gamma-Aminobutyric Acid
keywords: Anterior cingulate; Basolateral amygdala; DNMT1; Dorsolateral prefrontal; GABA-A receptors; GAD1; GAD67; Hippocampus; Interneurons; Parvalbumin; Somatostatin