Inventors:
Huda Akil - Ann Arbor MI, US
Mary Atz - Tustin CA, US
William Bunney - Laguna Hills CA, US
William Byerley - San Francisco CA, US
Kathleen Casey - Santa Ana CA, US
Prabhakara Choudary - Davis CA, US
Simon Evans - Milan MI, US
Edward Jones - Winters CA, US
Jun Li - Palo Alto CA, US
Juan Lopez - Ann Arbor MI, US
Richard Myers - Stanford CA, US
Brandi Rollins - Laguna Hills CA, US
Robert Thompson - Ann Arbor MI, US
Hiroaki Tomita - Irvine CA, US
Marquis Vawter - Niguel CA, US
Stanley Watson - Ann Arbor MI, US
International Classification:
C12Q 1/68, G01N 33/567
Abstract:
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing mental disorders (e.g., psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and mood disorders such as major depression disorder and bipolar disorder). The invention also provides methods of identifying modulators of such mental disorders as well as methods of using these modulators to treat patients suffering from such mental disorders.