MicroRNAs as the cause of schizophrenia in 22q11.2 deletion carriers, and possible implications for idiopathic disease: A mini-review

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 6, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Forstner, Andreas J ^a,b   Degenhardt, Franziska ^a,b   Schratt, Gerhard ^c   Nöthen, Markus M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b Life and Brain Center   (Germany)

^c PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

22q11.2 deletion syndrome; Copy number variants; DGCR8; Genetic risk factor; MicroRNA; MIR185; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MICRORNA 124; MICRORNA 125; MICRORNA 125A; MICRORNA 125B; MICRORNA 128; MICRORNA 132; MICRORNA 133B; MICRORNA 134; MICRORNA 137; MICRORNA 138; MICRORNA 146A; MICRORNA 17; MICRORNA 181A; MICRORNA 185; MICRORNA 188; MICRORNA 200; MICRORNA 219; MICRORNA 29A; MICRORNA 29B; MICRORNA 326; MICRORNA 34A; MICRORNA 34C; MICRORNA 375; MICRORNA 485; MICRORNA 541; MICRORNA 7A; MICRORNA 9; MICRORNA 92B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOGENESIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 22Q; GENETIC RISK; HAPLOINSUFFICIENCY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC SCHIZOPHRENIA; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYNAPTIC TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84890053248     PISSN: 16625099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnmol.2013.00047     Document Type: Review

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