25 Years of Breakthroughs: Bipolar Disorder and Schizophrenia Linked by Common Risk Genes
February 09, 2012
Elliot S. Gershon, M.D.
In 1998, Brain & Behavior Research Foundation Scientific Council Member and NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grantee, Elliot S. Gershon, M.D. and colleagues made a significant discovery identifying a linkage of genes that are risk factors for both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. According to Dr.Gershon, “Our hope is that identifying susceptibility genes will lead to new molecular targets for drugs, producing completely new treatments, some of which might well be more effective than those currently available.”
Dr. Gershon is a two-time recipient of the NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grant and believes that “NARSAD Grant funding has made a big difference in my research.”
Read our featured article on Dr,. Gershon and his research from our Breakthroughs magazine
Read more specifics about this study and the results in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Article comments
It will take the demostration of the absence or presence of a specific nucleotide in the presence of bipolar diorder to identify its relationship.
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