Beyond modules and hubs: The potential of gene coexpression networks for investigating molecular mechanisms of complex brain disorders

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 13-24

  Gaiteri, C ^a   Ding, Y ^b   French, B ^c   Tseng, G C ^d   Sibille, E ^c  

^a ALLEN INSTITUTE FOR BRAIN SCIENCE   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Coexpression; Complex diseases; Coregulation; Depression; Gene; Hub; Module; Network; Post mortem; Regulatory network; Small world; Transcriptome

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CHROMOSOME MAP; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DNA BINDING; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RARE DISEASE;

COEXPRESSION; COMPLEX DISEASES; COREGULATION; DEPRESSION; GENE; HUB; MODULE; NETWORK; POST-MORTEM; REGULATORY NETWORK; SMALL-WORLD; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMALS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84891634739     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12106     Document Type: Article

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