Postmortem prefrontal cortex from patients with bipolar disorder, major depressive disorder, schizophrenia, and from nonpsychiatric comparison controls were provided by the Stanley Foundation Neuropathology Consortium
This process results in a crude peptide which likely contains byproducts such as truncated or misassembled peptides
Peptides containing cysteine, methionine, asparagine, glutamine, or tryptophan may be especially sensitive
The certificate should come from a third-party US laboratory and be dated at least within the last six to twelve months, not produced in-house or left undated
Reusing laboratory instruments compromises batch sterility and risks cross-contamination of research materials
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