Reductions in midbrain GABAergic and dopamine neuron markers are linked in schizophrenia

Table 4 Correlations between GABAergic transcripts and TH and DAT mRNAs in control and schizophrenia cases. Differences between the correlation coefficients were assessed with Fisher’s r-to-z transformation

Transcripts	CONTROL			SCHIZOPHRENIA			Fisher´s r-to-z transformation
Transcripts	r	p	n	r	p	n	z	p
TH
GABRA1	0.159	0.447	26	0.456	0.022*	26	− 1.13	0.259
GABRA2	− 0.200	0.339	25	0.630	0.001***	25	− 3.13	0.002**
GABRA3	0.105	0.624	26	0.762	< 0.0001****	26	− 3.04	0.002**
GABRA5	0.304	0.140	25	0.250	0.228	26	0.20	0.842
DAT
GABRA1	0.336	0.093	27	0.526	0.008**	25	− 0.80	0.424
GABRA2	− 0.030	0.887	26	0.790	< 0.0001****	24	− 3.65	< 0.001***
GABRA3	0.310	0.132	27	0.847	< 0.0001****	25	− 3.13	0.017*
GABRA5	0.472	0.017*	26	0.320	0.127	25	0.61	0.542

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