Genetic insights into the neurodevelopmental origins of schizophrenia

Nature Reviews Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 727-740

  Birnbaum, Rebecca ^a   Weinberger, Daniel R ^b  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROTRANSMITTER; TRANSCRIPTOME; AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS;

BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; COMPUTER MODEL; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ANIMAL; BRAIN; DISEASE MODEL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 85034014730     PISSN: 1471003X     EISSN: 14710048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrn.2017.125     Document Type: Review

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