The role of imprinted genes in mediating susceptibility to neuropsychiatric disorders

Hormones and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 375-382

  Kopsida, Eleni ^a   Mikaelsson, Mikael A ^a   Davies, William ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angelman syndrome; Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD); Autism; Copy number variant (CNV); Fetal Origin of Adult Disease (FOAD); Insulin like growth factor 2 (Igf2); Prader Willi syndrome (PWS); Schizophrenia; Turner syndrome (TS); X chromosome

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PARENT; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPATHY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ALLELES; BRAIN; ENDOPHENOTYPES; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 79952707186     PISSN: 0018506X     EISSN: 10956867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2010.04.005     Document Type: Review

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