A linkage study between the GABAA β2 and GABAA γ2 subunit genes and major psychoses

CNS Spectrums

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-61

  Ambrósio, Alda M ^a,f   Kennedy, James L ^b   Macciardi, Fabio ^b   King, Nicole ^b   Azevedo, Maria H ^c   Oliveira, Catarina R ^d   Pato, Carlos N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e SUNY UPSTATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE MEDICINA LEGAL E CIÊNCIAS FORENSES   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A BETA2 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A GAMMA2 RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID B RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 5Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GABAERGIC TRANSMISSION; GENE LINKAGE GROUP; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NONPARAMETRIC LINKAGE ANALYSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTRON; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREFRONTAL CORTEX;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; HUMANS; INTRONS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; RECEPTORS, GABA-B; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 12344298378     PISSN: 10928529     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1092852900009913     Document Type: Article

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