Article
Involvement of NRN1 gene in schizophrenia-spectrum and bipolar disorders and its impact on age at onset and cognitive functioning.
The world journal of biological psychiatry : the official journal of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry - 1 Jan 2016
Fatjó-Vilas Mar, Prats Claudia, Pomarol-Clotet Edith, Lázaro Luisa, Moreno Carmen, González-Ortega Itxaso, Lera-Miguel Sara, Miret Salvador, Muñoz Ma José, Ibáñez Ignacio, Campanera Sílvia, Giralt-López Maria, Cuesta Manuel J, Peralta Victor, Ortet Generós, Parellada Mara, González-Pinto Ana, McKenna Peter J, Fañanás Lourdes
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Neuritin 1 gene (NRN1) is involved in neurodevelopment processes and synaptic plasticity and its expression is regulated by brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). We aimed to investigate the association of NRN1 with schizophrenia-spectrum disorders (SSD) and bipolar disorders (BPD), to explore its role in age at onset and cognitive functioning, and to test the epistasis between NRN1 and BDNF....
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