(AP) -- Wayne State University says it has received $2.7 million for an ongoing study of genetic and brain chemistry factors in obsessive-compulsive disorder among children. About 1 percent to 3 percent of Americans have the chronically disabling disease.
The Detroit school says the grant brings funding for the study to $6.1 million. The National Institute of Mental Health sponsors the research. Principal researcher Dr. David Rosenberg says early findings show the cellular chemical glutamate plays a key role in the disorder.
The study will involve brain imaging work by Wayne State, clinical work by University of Michigan psychiatrist Gregory Hanna and genetic studies by University of Toronto psychiatrist Paul Arnold.
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