Convergent genomic studies identify association of GRIK2 and NPAS2 with chronic fatigue syndrome

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 183-194

  Smith, Alicia K ^a   Fang, Hong ^b   Whistler, Toni ^a   Unger, Elizabeth R ^a   Rajeevan, Mangalathu S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Circadian rhythm; Gene expression; Genome wide association; Glutamatergic neurotransmission; GRIK2; NPAS2; Orexin signaling

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GRIK2 GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NPAS2 GENE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, KAINIC ACID;

EID: 80052773225     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326692     Document Type: Article

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