Widespread decreases in cortical muscarinic receptors in a subset of people with schizophrenia

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Geoffrey Pavey for the preparation of post-mortem tissue, Susan Juzva, Sam Peyton and Paul Canham for their technical assistance and David Copolov, Christine Hill, Nicholas Keks and Kenneth Opeskin for their roles in tissue collection and diagnostic confirmation. Tissues were received from the Victorian Brain Bank Network, supported by the Mental Health Research Institute, Alfred Hospital, Victorian Forensic Institute of Medicine, The University of Melbourne and funded by Australia's National Health & Medical Research Council, Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, Parkinson's Victoria and Perpetual Philanthropic Services. B.D. is the recipient of a NHMRC Senior Research Fellowship and E.S. is a recipient of an ARC Future Fellowship. The study was supported by Operational Infrastructure Support from the Victorian State Government.