Genetic associations between neuregulin-1 SNPs and neurocognitive function in multigenerational, multiplex schizophrenia families

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 70-81

  Yokley, Jessica L ^a   Prasad, Konasale M ^a   Chowdari, Kodavali V ^a   Talkowski, Michael E ^a   Wood, Joel ^a   Gur, Ruben C ^b   Gur, Raquel E ^b   Almasy, Laura ^c   Nimgaonkar, Vishwajit L ^a   Pogue Geile, Michael F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; NRG1; rs10503929

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMIC ACID; NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VERBAL MEMORY;

COGNITION; GENETIC DISEASES, INBORN; HUMANS; NEUREGULIN-1; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84858153976     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32834f352c     Document Type: Article

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