Brain Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor in Schizophrenia

@article{Ishiguro2010BrainCC,
  title={Brain Cannabinoid CB2 Receptor in Schizophrenia},
  author={Hiroki Ishiguro and Yasue Horiuchi and Maya Ishikawa and Minori Koga and Keiko Imai and Yoshimi Suzuki and Miyuki Morikawa and Toshiya Inada and Yuichiro Watanabe and Makoto Takahashi and Toshiyuki Someya and Hiroshi Ujike and Nakao Iwata and Norio Ozaki and Emmanuel Shan Onaivi and Hiroshi Kunugi and Tsukasa Sasaki and Masanari Itokawa and Makoto Arai and Kazuhiro Niizato and Shyuji Iritani and Izumi Naka and Jun Ohashi and Akiyoshi Kakita and Hitoshi Takahashi and Hiroyuki Nawa and Tadao Arinami},
  journal={Biological Psychiatry},
  year={2010},
  volume={67},
  pages={974-982}
}
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