MicroRNAs: Fundamental regulators of gene expression in major affective disorders and suicidal behavior?

Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue NOV, 2013, Pages

  Serafini, Gianluca ^a   Pompili, Maurizio ^a   Hansen, Katelin F ^b   Obrietan, Karl ^b   Dwivedi, Yogesh ^c   Amore, Mario ^d   Shomron, Noam ^e   Girardi, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Major affective disorders; microRNAs; Suicidal behavior; Synaptic plasticity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; MICRORNA; MICRORNA 185; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DEPRESSION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DATABASE; HUMAN; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MAJOR AFFECTIVE DISORDER; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; RNA SEQUENCE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84888155289     PISSN: 16625102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fncel.2013.00208     Document Type: Article

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