No association between the Val66Met polymorphism of the brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene and bipolar disorder in a Japanese population: A multicenter study

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 376-378

  Kunugi, Hiroshi ^a   Iijima, Yoshimi ^a   Tatsumi, Masahiko ^b   Yoshida, Mariko ^a   Hashimoto, Ryota ^a   Kato, Tadafumi ^d   Sakamoto, Kaoru ^c   Fukunaga, Takako ^c   Inada, Toshiya ^e   Suzuki, Tatsuyo ^f   Iwata, Nakao ^f   Ozaki, Norio ^e   Yamada, Kazuo ^d   Yoshikawa, Takeo ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

^b SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^f FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association study; bipolar disorder; brain derived neurotrophic factor; genetics; single nucleotide polymorphism; susceptibility

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BIPOLAR I DISORDER; BIPOLAR II DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ONSET AGE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SAMPLE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; METHIONINE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VALINE;

EID: 4444314095     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2004.06.017     Document Type: Article

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