Genome-wide significant localization for working and spatial memory: Identifying genes for psychosis using models of cognition

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 84-95

  Knowles, Emma E M ^a,b   Carless, Melanie A ^c   de Almeida, Marcio A A ^c   Curran, Joanne E ^c   Mckay, D Reese ^a,b   Sprooten, Emma ^a,b   Dyer, Thomas D ^c   Göring, Harald H ^c   Olvera, Rene ^d   Fox, Peter ^e   Almasy, Laura ^c   Duggirala, Ravi ^c   Kent, Jack W ^c   Blangero, John ^c   Glahn, David C ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HARTFORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Genetics; GWAS; Linkage; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID BETA PRECURSOR PROTEIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; BREAST CARCINOMA AMPLIFIED SEQUENCE 3; ISOENZYME; MANNOSYL(ALPHA 1,6)GLYCOPROTEIN BETA 1,6 N ACETYL GLUCOSAMINYLTRANSFERASE ISOZYME B; ONCOPROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HES 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; HEY1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEREDITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINKAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PATHOGENESIS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PSYCHOSIS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SPATIAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; COGNITION; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RISK; SCHIZOPHRENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890247241     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32211     Document Type: Article

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