Environmental studies of schizophrenia through the prism of epigenetics.

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Published in Schizophr Bull on August 14, 2008

Authors

Gabriel Oh1, Arturas Petronis

Author Affiliations

1: The Krembil Family Epigenetics Laboratory, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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