Gender-specific reduction of estrogen-sensitive small RNA, miR-30b, in subjects with schizophrenia

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 433-443

  Mellios, Nikolaos ^a   Galdzicka, Marzena ^b   Ginns, Edward ^b   Baker, Stephen P ^c   Rogaev, Evgeny ^a   Xu, Jun ^d   Akbarian, Schahram ^a  

^a Brudnick Neuropsychiatric Research Institute   (United States)

^b UMass Memorial Hospital Laboratories   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

estrogen; microRNAs; miR 30b; prefrontal cortex; schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

CLOZAPINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; HALOPERIDOL; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 30B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARIETAL CORTEX; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIPSYCHOTIC AGENTS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICRORNAS; PARIETAL LOBE; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 84860213619     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbq091     Document Type: Article

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