Developmental expression profile of Quaking, a candidate gene for schizophrenia, and its target genes in human prefrontal cortex and hippocampus shows regional specificity

Journal of Neuroscience Research

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 785-796

  Lauriat, Tara L ^a,d   Shiue, Lily ^b   Haroutunian, Vahram ^a,c   Verbitsky, Miguel ^a   Ares Jr , Manuel ^b   Ospina, Luz ^a   McInnes, L Alison ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MCLEAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Human development; Myelin; Schizophrenia; Splicing

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; MYELINATION; NEWBORN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUAKING GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 40549106161     PISSN: 03604012     EISSN: 10974547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jnr.21534     Document Type: Article

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