The effects of a neuregulin 1 variant on white matter density and integrity

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1054-1059

  McIntosh, A M ^a   Moorhead, T W J ^a   Job, D ^a   Lymer, G K S ^a   Munoz Maniega S ^a   McKirdy, J ^a   Sussmann, J E D ^a   Baig, B J ^a   Bastin, M E ^a   Porteous, D ^a   Evans, K L ^a   Johnstone, E C ^a   Lawrie, S M ^a   Hall, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Cohort study; MRI; Schizophrenia; Tensor based morphometry

Indexed keywords

NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPSULA INTERNA; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MYELINATION; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WHITE MATTER;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEURAL PATHWAYS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 54249083070     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4002103     Document Type: Article

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