Endophenotypes in the genetic analyses of mental disorders

Annual Review of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 267-290

  Cannon, Tyrone D ^a   Keller, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain function and structure; Evolutionary genetics; Genetic epidemiology; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMNESIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEMPORAL LOBE; WORKING MEMORY;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; FAMILY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; PHENOTYPE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33744478880     PISSN: 15485943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.clinpsy.2.022305.095232     Document Type: Review

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