NR2A and NR2B receptor gene variations modify age at onset in Huntington disease

Neurogenetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-28

  Arning, Larissa ^a   Kraus, Peter H ^b   Valentin, Sandra ^a   Saft, Carsten ^b   Andrich, Jürgen ^b   Epplen, Jörg T ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Age at onset; Excitotoxicity; GRIN2B; Huntington disease; NMDA receptors

Indexed keywords

IONOTROPIC RECEPTOR; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2A; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 2B; POLYMER; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS STRIATUM; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; NEUROMODULATION; NEUROPROTECTION; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; COHORT STUDIES; DNA PRIMERS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 15444363304     PISSN: 13646745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10048-004-0198-8     Document Type: Article

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