Table 1.

Summary of mRNA expression changes

Schizophrenia fBZ/fBZbdnf-/-Embdnf-/-Ad
BDNF 35%a 80% 80%
TrkB 23%b 75% ↑ 20% (p = 0.07)
GAD67 26%b 23%
PV 30%c 40%
  • Percentages of changes from control subjects or from wild-type animals are presented with arrows indicating the direction of changes. Statistically significant changes (p < 0.05) are expressed in bold.

  • a Average across 26 pairs in cohorts 1 and 2 (without pair 5 in cohort 2).

  • b Average across 27 pairs in cohorts 1 and 2.

  • c Average across 15 pairs in cohort 1 [bdnf-/-Em knock-out induced from late embryogenesis and bdnf-/-Ad knock-out induced in adulthood (12 weeks of age)].