Article
Animal models of psychiatric disorders that reflect human copy number variation.
Neural plasticity - 1 Jan 2012
Nomura Jun, Takumi Toru
Abstract excerpt
The development of genetic technologies has led to the identification of several copy number variations (CNVs) in the human genome. Genome rearrangements affect dosage-sensitive gene expression in normal brain development. There is strong evidence associating human psychiatric disorders, especially autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and schizophrenia to genetic risk factors and accumulated CNV risk loci. Deletions...
Topics
- Animals
- Chromosomes, Mammalian
- DNA Copy Number Variations
- Disease Models, Animal
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Duplication
- Genetic Engineering
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Mental Disorders
- Mice
