Common genetic variation in neuregulin 3 (NRG3) influences risk for schizophrenia and impacts NRG3 expression in human brain

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 15619-15624

  Kao, Wee Tin ^a,b   Wang, Yanhong ^a   Kleinman, Joel E ^a   Lipska, Barbara K ^a   Hyde, Thomas M ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^a   Law, Amanda J ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical genetics; Development; ErbB4; Neuregulin; NRG1

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 3; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BRAIN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUREGULINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957260622     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005410107     Document Type: Article

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