Comparison of Polymorphisms in the α7 Nicotinic Receptor Gene and Its Partial Duplication in Schizophrenic and Control Subjects

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 123 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 39-49

  Gault, Judith ^b   Hopkins, Janet ^a   Berger, Ralph ^b   Drebing, Carla ^b   Logel, Judith ^b   Walton, Catherine ^b   Short, Margaret ^a   Vianzon, Ruby ^b   Olincy, Ann ^a,b   Ross, Randal G ^a,b   Adler, Lawrence E ^a,b   Freedman, Robert ^a,b   Leonard, Sherry ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Auditory gating; Mutation; Nicotinic receptor; Promoter; Schizophrenia; Sensory processing

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CHRNA7 GENE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOSIS; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; CHROMOSOME 15; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

RODENTIA;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 15; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0142157157     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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