Lower brain pH as a shared endophenotype of psychotic disorders
Hideo Hagihara, Vibeke Sorensen Catts, Yuta Katayama, Tsuyoshi Takagi, Freesia L. Huang, Kuo‐Ping Huang, Shunsuke Ishii, Isabella A. Graef, Gerald R. Crabtree, Keiichi I. Nakayama, Cynthia Shannon Weickert, Tsuyoshi Miyakawa
The paper confirms lower brain pH in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder patients and shows it persists in animal models, suggesting it is a pathophysiological feature rather than an artifact.
bioRxiv · Nov 1, 2016 · PreprintNeuroscience