The emerging role of microRNAs in schizophrenia and autism spectrum disorders

Frontiers in Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue APR, 2012, Pages

  Mellios, Nikolaos ^a   Sur, Mriganka ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Microrna; Neuropsychiatric disorder; Schizophrenia; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; METHYL CPG BINDING PROTEIN 2; MICRORNA 128; MICRORNA 134; MICRORNA 137; MICRORNA 138; MICRORNA 181B; MICRORNA 195; MICRORNA 21; MICRORNA 212; MICRORNA 219; MICRORNA 23A; MICRORNA 30A; MICRORNA 30D; MICRORNA 346; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 381; MICRORNA 495; MIND BOMB 1 PROTEIN; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID; N METHYL DEXTRO ASPARTIC ACID RECEPTOR 1; PROTEIN KINASE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMNESIA; AUTISM; BINDING AFFINITY; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN MATURATION; BRAIN REGION; CELL MIGRATION; EPIGENETICS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM POTENTIATION; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POSTSYNAPTIC POTENTIAL; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; RNA PROCESSING; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 84866866864     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16640640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyt.2012.00039     Document Type: Review

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