Normal human aging and early-stage schizophrenia share common molecular profiles

Aging Cell

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 339-342

  Tang, Bin ^a   Chang, Wei Li ^a   Lanigan, Caroline M ^a   Dean, Brian ^b   Sutcliffe, J Gregor ^a   Thomas, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Alzheimer's; Antipsychotic; Microarray; Psychiatric; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; ONSET AGE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 66149180587     PISSN: 14749718     EISSN: 14749726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2009.00468.x     Document Type: Article

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