supported by the National Nature Science Foundation of China (81130024,30530300,and 30125014);the National Key Technology R&D Program of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2012BAI01B06);the Ph.D. Program Foundation of the Ministry of Education of China (20110181110014);the National Basic Research Development Program(973 Program) of China (2007CB512301)
The catechol-O-methyltransferase(COMT) gene is a schizophrenia susceptibility gene. A common functional polymorphism of this gene,Val158/158 Met,has been proposed to influence gray matter volume(GMV). However,the ...