Heritability of BDNF alleles and their effect on brain morphology in schizophrenia

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 724-728

  Wassink, Thomas H ^a,b   Nelson, Jeffrey J ^b   Crowe, Raymond R ^b   Andreasen, Nancy C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; MRI; Neurodevelopment; Neurotrophins

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADULT; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ALLELES; BRAIN; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0033573270     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991215)88:6<724::AID-AJMG25>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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