Transcription factor 4 as an important determinant of gating function in schizophrenia

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 5915-5916

  Roussos, Panos ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P50;

ALLELE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; HYPERVENTILATION; MICROCEPHALY; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PREPULSE INHIBITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOMICS; PSYCHOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY GATING; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SMOKING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 4 GENE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX LEUCINE ZIPPER TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSORY GATING; SMOKING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84859929937     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1203675109     Document Type: Note

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