The human clinical phenotypes of altered CHRNA7 copy number

Biochemical Pharmacology

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 352-362

  Gillentine, Madelyn A ^a   Schaaf, Christian P ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CHRNA7; Copy number variation; Neuropsychiatric disease; Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors

Indexed keywords

BUNGAROTOXIN RECEPTOR; CHRNA7 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

AUTISM; CHRNA7 GENE; CHROMOSOME 15Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME DUPLICATION; COGNITION; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; PENETRANCE; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MENTAL DISEASE; METABOLISM;

ALPHA7 NICOTINIC ACETYLCHOLINE RECEPTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 84943362381     PISSN: 00062952     EISSN: 18732968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bcp.2015.06.012     Document Type: Review

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