CNTNAP2 polymorphisms and structural brain connectivity: A diffusion-tensor imaging study

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1349-1356

  Clemm von Hohenberg, Christian ^a,b,c   Wigand, Marlene C ^a,b,c   Kubicki, Marek ^a,d   Leicht, Gregor ^c   Giegling, Ina ^b   Karch, Susanne ^b   Hartmann, Annette M ^b   Konte, Bettina ^b   Friedl, Marion ^b   Ballinger, Thomas ^a   Eckbo, Ryan ^a   Bouix, Sylvain ^a,d   Jäger, Lorenz ^b   Shenton, Martha E ^a,d,e   Rujescu, Dan ^b,f   Mulert, Christoph ^c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITÄT HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autism; Caspr2; Endophenotype; Genetics; Magnetic resonance imaging; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BONFERRONI CORRECTION; CAUCASIAN; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CNTNAP2 GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; FEMALE; FRACTIONAL ANISOTROPY; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROIMAGING; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRACT BASED SPATIAL STATISTICS; UNCINATE FASCICULUS; WHITE MATTER;

AUTISM; CASPR2; ENDOPHENOTYPE; GENETICS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; ANISOTROPY; BRAIN; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE FIBERS, MYELINATED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SCHIZOPHRENIA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84881545611     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.07.002     Document Type: Article

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