Pathway analysis of the human brain transcriptome in disease

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 28-36

  Kavanagh, Tomas ^a   Mills, James D ^a   Kim, Woojin S ^a,b   Halliday, Glenda M ^a,b   Janitz, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain disorders; Gene expression; Human brain; Pathway analysis; RNA Seq; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUTISM; BRAIN DISEASE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PSYCHOANALYSIS; REVIEW; RNA SEQUENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84882249048     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: 15591166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-012-9940-0     Document Type: Review

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