A wide spectrum of mental disorders are closely involved in dysregulations of CaV1 channels, in that disease-linked mutations in α1 and β2 subunits result into abnormal gating properties (Azizan et al., 2013;Cross-Disorder Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, 2013;Schizophrenia Working Group of the Psychiatric Genomics Consortium, 2014; Scholl et al., 2013). Here, CAV1 is linked to schizophrenia.