Functional Gene Group Analysis Reveals a Role of Synaptic Heterotrimeric G Proteins in Cognitive Ability

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 113-125

  Ruano, Dina ^a   Abecasis, Gonçalo R ^c   Glaser, Beate ^b   Lips, Esther S ^a   Cornelisse, L Niels ^a   de Jong, Arthur P H ^a   Evans, David M ^b   Smith, George Davey ^b   Timpson, Nicolas J ^b   Smit, August B ^a   Heutink, Peter ^a   Verhage, Matthijs ^a   Posthuma, Danielle ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; LIGAND; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BINOCULAR CONVERGENCE; BRAIN; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENE GROUP ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE CELL NETWORK; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNAPSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CHILD; COGNITION; DATABASES, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HETEROTRIMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SYNAPSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76049098158     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.12.006     Document Type: Article

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