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Association study of theta EEG asymmetry and brain-derived neurotrophic factor gene variants in childhood-onset mood disorder.
Neuromolecular medicine - 1 Jan 2008
Bulgin Natalie L, Strauss John S, King Nicole A, Shaikh Sajid A, George Charles J, Fox Nathan A, Barr Cathy L, Kovacs Maria, Kennedy James L
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Childhood-onset mood disorders (COMD) include various serious, disabling psychiatric conditions that are heterogeneous in presentation and etiology. Because intermediate phenotypes may help to identify genetic contributors to COMD, we tested for an association between variants in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) gene and theta EEG asymmetry, both of which have been independently implicated...
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