Article
No linkage or linkage disequilibrium between brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) dinucleotide repeat polymorphism and schizophrenia in Irish families.
Psychiatry research - 16 Nov 1998
Hawi Z, Straub R E, O'Neill A, Kendler K S, Walsh D, Gill M
Abstract excerpt
There is increasing evidence that a neurodevelopmental process is accountable for at least a proportion of schizophrenic cases. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), a member of a group of proteins that includes neurotrophin-3/4/5 and nerve growth factor (NGF), is an attractive candidate gene...
Topics
- Alleles
- Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor
- Case-Control Studies
- Dinucleotide Repeats
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Markers
- Humans
- Ireland
- Linkage Disequilibrium
- Models, Genetic