Polymorphisms in the glial glutamate transporter SLC1A2 are associated with essential tremor

Neurology

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 243-248

  Thier, Sandra ^a   Lorenz, Delia ^a   Nothnagel, Michael ^a   Poremba, Caroline ^a   Papengut, Frank ^a   Appenzeller, Silke ^b   Paschen, Steffen ^a   Hofschulte, Frank ^a   Hussl, Anna Christina ^c   Hering, Sascha ^c   Poewe, Werner ^c   Asmus, Friedrich ^d   Gasser, Thomas ^d   Schöls, Ludger ^d   Christensen, Kaare ^e   Nebel, Almut ^b   Schreiber, Stefan ^b   Klebe, Stephan ^f,g,h   Deuschl, Günther ^a   Kuhlenbäumer, Gregor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^g ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMATE TRANSPORTER; GLUTAMIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GLIA; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC1A2 GENE;

EID: 84866096968     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e31825fdeed     Document Type: Article

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