Interspecies genetics of eating disorder traits

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 318-327

  Kas, Martien J H ^a   Kaye, Walter H ^b,c   Mathes, Wendy Foulds ^d   Bulik, Cynthia M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal model; Endophenotype; Mouse; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; MU OPIATE RECEPTOR; OREXIN;

ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHROMOSOME SUBSTITUTION; EATING DISORDER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; NEUROIMAGING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EATING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MICE;

ANIMALIA; MUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 63449093782     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.30832     Document Type: Review

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