Genetic variability in the regulation of gene expression in ten regions of the human brain

Nature Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1418-1428

  Ramasamy, Adaikalavan ^a,b   Trabzuni, Daniah ^b,c   Guelfi, Sebastian ^b   Varghese, Vibin ^a   Smith, Colin ^d   Walker, Robert ^d   De, Tisham ^e   Coin, Lachlan ^f   De Silva, Rohan ^b   Cookson, Mark R ^g   Singleton, Andrew B ^g   Hardy, John ^b   Ryten, Mina ^a,b   Weale, Michael E ^a  

^a GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CEREBELLUM CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FRONTAL CORTEX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR OLIVE; OCCIPITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SUBSTANTIA NIGRA; TEMPORAL CORTEX; THALAMUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; BRAIN; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921750431     PISSN: 10976256     EISSN: 15461726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nn.3801     Document Type: Article

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