Effect of agonal and postmortem factors on gene expression profile: Quality control in microarray analyses of postmortem human brain

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 346-352

  Tomita, Hiroaki ^a   Vawter, Marquis P ^a   Walsh, David M ^a   Evans, Simon J ^d   Choudary, Prabhakara V ^b   Li, Jun ^c   Overman, Kevin M ^a   Atz, Mary E ^a   Myers, Richard M ^c   Jones, Edward G ^b   Watson, Stanley J ^d   Akil, Huda ^d   Bunney Jr , William E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenine Uracil rich elements; Bipolar disorder; Freezer interval; Iron responsive element; Major depressive disorder; Postmortem interval

Indexed keywords

RNA;

ACCURACY; ACIDITY; ALKALINITY; BRAIN TISSUE; CADAVER; COMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSYCHIATRY; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 10744228401     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.10.013     Document Type: Review

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