GABA(A) receptor alpha5 subunit as a candidate gene for autism and bipolar disorder: A proposed endophenotype with parent-of-origin and gain-of-function features, with or without oculocutaneous albinism

Autism

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 135-147

  Delong, G Robert ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Bipolar disorder; GABRA5; Grandmatrilineal inheritance; Special abilities

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA5; LITHIUM; METHYLPHENIDATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALBINISM; ARTICLE; ASPERGER SYNDROME; AUTISM; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPOPIGMENTATION; INCIDENCE; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MANIA; MOOD DISORDER; NYSTAGMUS; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; OCULOCUTANEOUS ALBINISM; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALBINISM, OCULOCUTANEOUS; ALLELES; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 33847790709     PISSN: 13623613     EISSN: 14617005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1362361307075705     Document Type: Article

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