Neurons - Disc1 (IMAGE)

Johns Hopkins Medicine

Neurons - Disc1

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Disc1: Neurons (red) in the brain's hippocampus that produces a mutant Disc1 protein. When treated with THC, there are much fewer inhibitory signals (green) in the synapses--the junctions where neurons communicate with one another.

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Pletnikov lab

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