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Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010

Filed:

Mar. 31, 2006
Applicants:

Huda Akil, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Mary Atz, Tustin, CA (US);

William E. Bunney, Jr., Laguna Hills, CA (US);

William Byerley, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kathleen Casey, Santa Ana, CA (US);

Prabhakara V. Choudary, Davis, CA (US);

Simon J. Evans, Milan, MI (US);

Edward G. Jones, Winters, CA (US);

Jun LI, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Juan F. Lopez, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Richard M. Myers, Stanford, CA (US);

Brandi Rollins, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Robert C. Thompson, Ann Abror, MI (US);

Hiroaki Tomita, Irvine, CA (US);

Marquis P. Vawter, Niguel, CA (US);

Stanley J. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Huda Akil, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Mary Atz, Tustin, CA (US);

William E. Bunney, Jr., Laguna Hills, CA (US);

William Byerley, San Francisco, CA (US);

Kathleen Casey, Santa Ana, CA (US);

Prabhakara V. Choudary, Davis, CA (US);

Simon J. Evans, Milan, MI (US);

Edward G. Jones, Winters, CA (US);

Jun Li, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Juan F. Lopez, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Richard M. Myers, Stanford, CA (US);

Brandi Rollins, Laguna Hills, CA (US);

Robert C. Thompson, Ann Abror, MI (US);

Hiroaki Tomita, Irvine, CA (US);

Marquis P. Vawter, Niguel, CA (US);

Stanley J. Watson, Ann Arbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

The present invention provides methods for diagnosing mental disorders (e.g., psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia and mood disorders such as major depression disorder and bipolar disorder). The invention also provides methods of identifying modulators of such mental disorders as well as methods of using these modulators to treat patients suffering from such mental disorders.


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