Met66 in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) precursor is associated with anorexia nervosa restrictive type

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 745-751

  Ribases M ^a,b   Gratacos M ^a,c   Armengol, L ^a,b   De Cid, R ^a,b   Badia A ^c   Jimenez L ^c   Solano, R ^c   Vallejo, J ^c   Fernandez F ^c   Estivill, X ^a,b,d,e  

^a CENTRE FOR GENOMIC REGULATION CRG   (Spain)

^b Institut de Recerca Oncologica   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^e Center for Genomic Regulation   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anorexia; BDNF; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Bulimia; Single nucleotide polymorphism

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BDNF GENE; BODY MASS; EATING DISORDER; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BULIMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL;

EID: 10744223605     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001281     Document Type: Article

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