Elevated neuregulin-1 and ErbB4 protein in the prefrontal cortex of schizophrenic patients

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 100, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 270-280

  Chong, Victor Z ^a   Thompson, Mia ^a   Beltaifa, Senda ^a   Webster, Maree J ^b   Law, Amanda J ^c   Weickert, Cynthia Shannon ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cytoplasm; ErbB4; Immunoblotting; Neuregulin 1; Nucleus; Prefrontal cortex; Schizophrenia; Stanley consortium

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 4; MESSENGER RNA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL NUCLEUS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CELL NUCLEUS; COHORT STUDIES; CONTROL GROUPS; CYTOPLASM; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUREGULIN-1; NEURONS; PEDIGREE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 39949084866     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2007.12.474     Document Type: Article

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