Research review: Crossing syndrome boundaries in the search for brain endophenotypes

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 657-668

  Levy, Yonata ^a   Ebstein, Richard P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Behavior; Brain imaging; Genetic; Syndrome; Trait

Indexed keywords

DEATH DOMAIN RECEPTOR SIGNALING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP2;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BIOLOGY; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; COGNITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DOWN SYNDROME; DYSLEXIA; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOGENIC DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCIENTIST; SCORING SYSTEM; SYNDROME; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY; TURNER SYNDROME; VISION; WILLIAMS BEUREN SYNDROME; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; GENETICS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERSONALITY DISORDER;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BRAIN; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PHENOTYPE; SYNDROME;

EID: 70349573294     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2008.01986.x     Document Type: Review

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