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Open AccessErratum: The International SSRI Pharmacogenomics Consortium (ISPC): a genome-wide association study of antidepressant treatment response
Correction to: Translational Psychiatry (2015) 5, e553; doi:10.1038/tp.2015.47; published online 21 April 2015 Following publication, the authors identified an error in the meta-analysis of ISPC, AMPS and STAR...
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Evidence suggests that glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK3B) activity is increased significantly in the brain of patients with major depressive disorders (MDD). Inhibition of GSK3B is thought to be a key feature...
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