Evaluation of the LIM homeobox genes LHX6 and LHX8 as candidates for Tourette syndrome

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 444-451

  Paschou, P ^a   Stylianopoulou, E ^a   Karagiannidis, I ^a   Rizzo, R ^b   Tarnok, Z ^c   Wolanczyk, T ^d   Hebebrand, J ^e   Nothen M M ^f   Lehmkuhl, G ^g   Farkas, L ^c   Nagy, P ^c   Szymanska, U ^d   Lykidis, D ^a   Androutsos, C ^h   Tsironi, V ^h   Koumoula, A ^h   Barta, C ⁱ   Klidonas, S ^a   Ypsilantis, P ^a   Simopoulos, C ^a   Skavdis, G ^a   Grigoriou, M ^a   more..

^a DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c Vadaskert Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry   (Hungary)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^h KAT HOSPITAL   (Greece)

ⁱ SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Genetic association; LHX6; LHX8; Neuroanatomical expression; Tourette syndrome

Indexed keywords

LIM HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX6; LIM HOMEOBOX PROTEIN LHX8; LIM PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; GILLES DE LA TOURETTE SYNDROME; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASAL GANGLIA; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTERNEURONS; LIM-HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RATS; TOURETTE SYNDROME; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84862004987     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00778.x     Document Type: Article

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