Is retinoic acid-related orphan receptor-alpha (RORA) a target for gene-environment interactions contributing to autism?

NeuroToxicology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1434-1435

  Hu, Valerie W ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Endocrine disrupting compounds; Gene environment interactions; Sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; AROMATASE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTRADIOL; NEUROSTEROID; RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA; SEX HORMONE;

ARTICLE; AUTISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METHYLATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; AUTISTIC DISORDER; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 1; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84871713273     PISSN: 0161813X     EISSN: 18729711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2012.07.009     Document Type: Article

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