Alpha2-macroglobulin exon 24 (Val-1000-Ile) polymorphism is not associated with late-onset sporadic Alzheimer's dementia in the Hungarian population.

abstract：:Genetic research of cocaine abuse has been relatively limited among the African-American population. Since the serotonin transporter (5HTT) may be involved in modulating effects of cocaine, we investigated whether allelic variants of the 5HTT gene may confer susceptibility to cocaine dependence among African-American ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Patkar AA,Berrettini WH,Hoehe M,Hill KP,Gottheil E,Thornton CC,Weinstein SP

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequencies of HLA class I (HLA-A, B, C) and class II (HLA-DR, DQ) antigens were measured in 107 unrelated schizophrenic subjects and the results compared with 264 controls from south-east Scotland and a second control group of 133 individuals from north-east England. The expression of HLA-B35 was significantly re...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Blackwood DH,Muir WJ,Stephenson A,Wentzel J,Ad'hiah A,Walker MJ,Papiha SS,St Clair DM,Roberts DF

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A limited number of rare missense mutations in exons 16 and 17 of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene have been reported. They are associated with a variety of phenotypes including cerebral haemorrhage, multi-infarct dementia and Alzheimer's disease. We recently reported an alanine to valine mutation in codon 713...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Morris S,Leung J,Sharp C,Blackwood D,Muir W,St Clair D

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The human adenosine A1 receptor gene (ADORA1) localizes to chromosome 1q32 is 76.8 kbp in length and contains six exons. ADORA1 is ubiquitously expressed in the central nervous system and clinical and pharmacological evidence suggest the involvement of adenosine neurotransmission in the pathogenesis of schizo...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Gotoh L,Mitsuyasu H,Kobayashi Y,Oribe N,Takata A,Ninomiya H,Stanton VP Jr,Springett GM,Kawasaki H,Kanba S

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:FRAXE is a second locus associated with X chromosome fragility. Similar to FRAXA, the common mutation is a GCC expansion located in the 5' untranslated region, leading to the hypermethylation of the region and to the subsequent inactivation of specific genes (FMR1 and FMR2, respectively). Unlike FRAXA, FRAXE...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Lesca G,Biancalana V,Brunel MJ,Quack B,Calender A,Lespinasse J

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal and human studies have implicated oxytocin in affiliative and prosocial behaviors. We tested whether genetic variation in the oxytocin receptor (OXTR) gene is associated with conduct disorder (CD). Utilizing a family-based sample of adolescent probands recruited from an adolescent substance abuse treatment prog...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Sakai JT,Crowley TJ,Stallings MC,McQueen M,Hewitt JK,Hopfer C,Hoft NR,Ehringer MA

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies have observed associations between the serotonin 2A (5-HT2A) receptor and mental disorders. Here, we investigated correlations between polymorphisms (-1438G/A and 102T/C) of the 5-HT2A gene and personality traits in healthy Japanese volunteers (n = 239). The personality traits were evaluated using ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Tochigi M,Umekage T,Kato C,Marui T,Otowa T,Hibino H,Otani T,Kohda K,Kato N,Sasaki T

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous family, twin and adoption studies have reported a strong genetic component for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). In addition, an extensive amount of literature has implicated abnormalities of the dopaminergic system. In view of this evidence, genes that influence dopaminergic transmission have ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Inkster B,Muglia P,Jain U,Kennedy JL

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The trichorhinophalangeal syndrome is a rare genetic disorder with a classical clinical triad of sparse hair, bulbous nose, and short digits. There are three known phenotypes, and the type II with exostoses in long bones is known as Langer-Giedion syndrome. Here, we describe a 28-year-old Sri Lankan male with Langer-G...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Chandradasa M,Williams S

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As an initial step for genome-wide association studies, we sought an association between schizophrenia and 34 microsatellite markers on chromosomes 19, 20, 21 and 22 by a case-control design. The samples examined for an association were 168 schizophrenic patients and 146 control subjects in the Japanese population. Th...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Kitao Y,Inada T,Arinami T,Hirotsu C,Aoki S,Iijima Y,Yamauchi T,Yagi G

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the heritabilities of symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety, depression, and the shared genetic component of these symptoms among family members exposed to the 1988 Spitak earthquake in Armenia. METHODS:Two hundred members of 12 multigenerational families exposed to the Spitak ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Goenjian AK,Noble EP,Walling DP,Goenjian HA,Karayan IS,Ritchie T,Bailey JN

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an epidemiologic sample of female-female twin pairs, we previously reported analyses of lifetime major depression. Because lifetime mania was not assessed, we could not differentiate unipolar from bipolar illness. Having completed such an evaluation in this sample, we now examine three questions: (i) does removing ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Karkowski LM,Kendler KS

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evidence for a dysfunction of the N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) type of ionotropic glutamate receptors in schizophrenic patients, comes from neurochemical and clinical pharmacologic data. Therefore, the NMDAR1 gene can be regarded as an interesting candidate gene for schizophrenia. Several groups have tried to identify ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Paus S,Rietschel M,Schulze TG,Ohlraun S,Diaconu CC,Van Den Bogaert A,Maier W,Propping P,Cichon S,Nöthen MM

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report here linkage data on two families with multiple cases of schizophrenia originating from the genetically isolated population of Finland. We analyzed chromosomal DNA regions containing relevant candidate genes for schizophrenia and chromosomal regions which have been among the most widely studied in schizophre...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Hovatta I,Seppälä J,Pekkarinen P,Tanskanen A,Lönnqvist J,Peltonen L

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies suggest increased activity of phospholipase A2 in schizophrenic patients. In the present study, variants of four genes coding for phospholipase A2 enzyme groups (sPLA2, cPLA2, iPLA2 and PAFAH) were analysed in a case-control sample using 240 schizophrenic patients and 312 healthy controls. No differenc...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Junqueira R,Cordeiro Q,Meira-Lima I,Gattaz WF,Vallada H

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered intracellular calcium homeostasis and oxidative stress are involved in the pathophysiology of bipolar disorder (BD)-I. To explore the genes contributing to these abnormalities, we examined the association with BD of the iPLA2β (PLA2G6), a signaling enzyme that mobilizes the arachidonic acid signaling cascade a...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Xu C,Warsh JJ,Wang KS,Mao CX,Kennedy JL

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phenylthiocarbamide (PTC) taste sensitivity is an inherited trait determined primarily by allelic variation of the taste-receptor gene TAS2R38 on chromosome 7q. Results of prior studies examining the ability to taste PTC in patients with schizophrenia have been mixed because of the difficulties in measuring PTC taste ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Moberg PJ,Li M,Kanes SJ,Gur RE,Kamath V,Turetsky BI

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of the 5-HTTLPR and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) Val66Met polymorphisms on self-reported Big Five personality traits and their facets in a population representative sample of adolescents. The sample consisted of both cohorts of the Estonian Children ...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Hiio K,Merenäkk L,Nordquist N,Parik J,Oreland L,Veidebaum T,Harro J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Recent biopsychological research on stress-related psychopathology shows promising evidence for the 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT) transporter linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR) genotype by life event interaction on depression. Yet, there appears to be variability in replicating such findings. From leading c...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Markus CR

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is a secretory growth factor that promotes neuronal proliferation and survival, synaptic plasticity and long-term potentiation in the central nervous system. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor biosynthesis and secretion are chrono-topically regulated processes at the cellula...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Di Carlo P,Punzi G,Ursini G

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The National Institute of Mental Health's effort to rectify the underrepresentation of American Blacks in the genetic studies of psychiatric disorders has met with mixed success. This study was designed to understand some of the barriers to recruitment. METHODS:Men and women, who were of Black, White or Hisp...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Murphy EJ,Wickramaratne P,Weissman MM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) metabolizes catecholamines such as dopamines, noradrenaline and adrenaline. It exists as common high and low activity alleles in the population (determined by a valine 158 methionine polymorphisms), and high red blood cell activity of COMT has previously been associated with schizop...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Kunugi H,Vallada HP,Sham PC,Hoda F,Arranz MJ,Li T,Nanko S,Murray RM,McGuffin P,Owen M,Gill M,Collier DA

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1969, several classical linkage studies suggested an X-chromosome locus for bipolar affective disorder. However, methods using highly polymorphic DNA markers have provided conflicting evidence for linkage, and an X-chromosomal locus for bipolar disorder remains controversial. More recently, Pekkarinen et al. (19...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Vallada HP,Vasques L,Curtis D,Zatz M,Kirov G,Lauriano V,Gentil V,Murray RM,McGuffin P,Owen M,Gill M,Craddock N,Collier DA

更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gilles de la Tourette syndrome (GTS) (MIM 137580) is a complex neuropsychiatric disorder probably originating from a disturbed interplay of several neurotransmitter systems in the prefrontal-limbic-basal ganglia loop. Polygenetic multifactorial inheritance has been postulated; nevertheless, no confirmed susceptible ge...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Dehning S,Müller N,Matz J,Bender A,Kerle I,Benninghoff J,Musil R,Spellmann I,Bondy B,Möller HJ,Riedel M,Zill P

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:3q29 deletion syndrome is caused by a heterozygous 1.6 Mb deletion on chromosome 3, which occurs in about 1 in 30 000 births. Phenotypic features of this syndrome include mild-to-moderate intellectual disability, autism spectrum disorder, slightly dysmorphic facial features, ataxic gait, and chest-wall deformity. Gast...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Kaur H,Thom RP,Neumeyer AM,Bilancia CG,Wray SH,McDougle CJ

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new structural polymorphism (Ser311/Cys311) in the dopamine D2 receptor (DRD2) gene has recently been reported to be associated with schizophrenia, particularly in patients with a positive family history of schizophrenia (Arinimi et al., 1994). However these findings remain controversial (Asherson et al., 1994; Nank...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Laurent C,Bodeau-Péan S,Campion D,d'Amato T,Jay M,Dollfus S,Thibault F,Petit M,Samolyk D,Martinez M

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The NOTCH4 gene has a promoter polymor-phism at position -25, which leads to the three genotypes TT, CT and CC. These have been suggested to present a novel independent genetic risk factor for schizophrenia. We conducted a prospective case-control study to explore the impact of NOTCH4 T-25C polymorphism on t...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Anttila S,Kampman O,Illi A,Roivas M,Mattila KM,Lassila V,Lehtimäki T,Leinonen E

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Ethanol-induced dopamine (DA) release in the mesolimbic system may reinforce excessive alcohol intake and the progression of alcohol dependence. Within this reward system, the DA transporter (DAT1) plays a key role in the regulation of dopaminergic neurotransmission through presynaptic DA reuptake. OBJECTIV...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Lind PA,Eriksson CJ,Wilhelmsen KC

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 23 multiplex pedigrees we tested for linkage between schizophrenia and a microsatellite polymorphism for the D5 dopamine receptor gene (DRD5). Assuming autosomal dominant inheritance and a maximum penetrance of 0.6, an overall lod score of -4.54 was derived at 0% recombination. For recessive transmission the sum...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Ravindranathan A,Coon H,DeLisi L,Holik J,Hoff M,Brown A,Shields G,Crow T,Byerley W

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental dyslexia (DD) is a neurobiological disorder featured by reading disabilities. In recent years, genome-wide approaches provided new perspectives to discover novel candidate genes of DD. In a previous study, rs9313548 located downstream of FGF18 showed borderline genome-wide significant association with DD...

journal_title：Psychiatric genetics

authors： Chen H,Zhou Y,Ge Z,Li Q,Sun Q,Zheng L,Lv H,Tan LH,Sun Y

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00