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Published online 21 November 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news031117-7

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Molecule gives clue to schizophrenia

Drug-induced discovery sheds light on mental illness.

A single molecule may underpin the psychotic symptoms of schizophrenia, a mouse study suggests. A better understanding of the roots of the disease and new antipsychotic medications may follow.

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