Gap junction coding genes and schizophrenia: A genetic association study

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 498-501

  Aleksic, Branko ^a   Ishihara, Ryoko ^a   Takahashi, Nagahide ^a   Maeno, Nobuhisa ^a   Ji, Xiaofei ^a   Saito, Shinichi ^a   Inada, Toshiya ^b   Ozaki, Norio ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case control; Cx36; Gamma band oscillation; Gap junction; Genetic association; Panx2; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

GAP JUNCTION PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CX36 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANX2 GENE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONNEXINS; FEMALE; GAP JUNCTIONS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 34249701361     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10038-007-0142-5     Document Type: Article

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