Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptor α4 subunit (CHRNA4) and panic disorder: An association study

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-201

  Steinlein, Ortrud K ^a   Deckert, Jürgen ^a,b   Nöthen, Markus M ^a   Franke, Petra ^a   Maier, Wolfgang ^a   Beckmann, Helmut ^b   Propping, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

association; nicotinic acetylcholine receptor; panic disorder

Indexed keywords

NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 20Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MALE; PANIC; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PANIC DISORDER; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC;

EID: 0030961915     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19970418)74:2<199::AID-AJMG17>3.0.CO;2-D     Document Type: Article

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