A quantitative association study between schizotypal traits and COMT, PRODH and BDNF genes in a healthy Chinese population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-15

  Ma, Xiaohong ^a   Sun, Jinhua ^a   Yao, Jing ^a   Wang, Qiang ^a   Hu, Xun ^b,c   Deng, Wei ^a   Sun, Xueli ^a   Liu, Xiehe ^a   Murray, Robin M ^b   Collier, David A ^b,c   Li, Tao ^a,b,c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association; BDNF; COMT; PRODH; Schizotypal traits

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; PROLINE DEHYDROGENASE; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHINESE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE GENETICS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROLINE OXIDASE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC LANGUAGE; SCHIZOTYPAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 34548478392     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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