Association of schizophrenia with the phenylthiocarbamide taste receptor haplotype on chromosome 7q

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 286-289

  Moberg, Paul J ^a,b,c   Li, Mingyao ^c   Kanes, Stephen J ^a,d   Gur, Raquel E ^a,b,c   Kamath, Vidyulata ^a,b   Turetsky, Bruce I ^a,b  

^a Schizophrenia Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c Department of Neurology ^*  (United States)

^d ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

genetic, phenylthiocarbamide, schizophrenia, taste

Indexed keywords

PHENYLTHIOUREA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 7Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 7; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENYLTHIOUREA; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TASTE BUDS;

EID: 84869488578     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: 14735873     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32835863f0     Document Type: Article

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