Increased BDNF levels and NTRK2 gene association suggest a disruption of BDNF/TrkB signaling in autism

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 841-848

  Correia, C T ^a,b,c   Coutinho, A M ^a   Sequeira, A F ^a,b,c   Sousa, I G ^a   Lourenco Venda L ^a   Almeida, J P ^d   Abreu, R L ^d   Lobo, C ^d   Miguel, T S ^e   Conroy, J ^f   Cochrane, L ^f   Gallagher, L ^f   Gill, M ^f   Ennis, S ^g   Oliveira, G G ^d   Vicente, A M ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^c Center for Biodiversity Functional and Integrative Genomics BIOFIG   (Portugal)

^d CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e Ministero da Agricultura do Desenvolvimento Rural e das Pescas Portugal   (Portugal)

^f ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Autism; BDNF; Genetic association; Heritability; NTRK2

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 78649622917     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2010.00627.x     Document Type: Article

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