Novel α7 nicotinic receptor isoforms and deficient cholinergic transcription in schizophrenia

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-45

  Severance, E G ^a   Yolken, R H ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

bungarotoxin receptor; Alpha7 nicotinic receptor; Neuroglia; Nicotine; White matter

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; RNA; ALPHA-BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CEREBELLUM; CHOLINERGIC TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS CALLOSUM; DOWN REGULATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; THALAMUS; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHROMOSOME DELETION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; INTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RNA SPLICING; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; CHROMOSOME DELETION; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; RNA SPLICING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 38349073411     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2007.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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