go awry

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The US team showed that DISC1 plays a key role in normal braindevelopment and the growth of individual neurons. However, carrying thewrong version of the gene can make this process go awry. Further tests showed that DISC1 acts like lithium, a drug commonlyprescribed as mood stabiliser to patients with mental illness,inhibiting the action of a key chemical in the brain.