Annual research review: The promise of stem cell research for neuropsychiatric disorders

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 504-516

  Vaccarino, Flora M ^a,b   Urban, Alexander Eckehart ^c   Stevens, Hanna E ^a   Szekely, Anna ^b   Abyzov, Alexej ^d   Grigorenko, Elena L ^a,d   Gerstein, Mark ^d   Weissman, Sherman ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Copy number variation; Developmental neurobiology; Induced pluripotent stem cells; Neural stem cells; Neurons; Next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASE; CHILD; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NERVE CELL; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENOMIC STRUCTURAL VARIATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MODELS, GENETIC; NEURONS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELLS; PREGNANCY; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 79952638267     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02348.x     Document Type: Review

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