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    American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics: Volume 147B, Issue 7

    1003-1331
    5 October 2008
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Reduced hippocampal volumes associated with the long variant of the tri- and diallelic serotonin transporter polymorphism in major depression†

Thomas Frodl,  Peter Zill,  Thomas Baghai,  Cornelius Schüle,  Rainer Rupprecht,  Thomas Zetzsche,  Brigitta Bondy,  Maximilian Reiser,  Hans-Jürgen Möller,  Eva M. Meisenzahl, 
  • Pages: 1003-1007
  • First Published: 19 February 2008
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Association study of the 15q11-q13 maternal expression domain in Japanese autistic patients†‡

Chieko Kato,  Mamoru Tochigi,  Jun Ohashi,  Shinko Koishi,  Yuki Kawakubo,  Kenji Yamamoto,  Hideo Matsumoto,  Ohiko Hashimoto,  Soo-Yung Kim,  Keiichiro Watanabe,  Yukiko Kano,  Eiji Nanba,  Nobumasa Kato,  Tsukasa Sasaki, 
  • Pages: 1008-1012
  • First Published: 09 January 2008
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No association between the protein tyrosine phosphatase, receptor-type, Z Polypeptide 1 (PTPRZ1) gene and schizophrenia in the Japanese population†

Yoshihito Ito,  Shinnosuke Yamada,  Nagahide Takahashi,  Shinichi Saito,  Akira Yoshimi,  Toshiya Inada,  Yukihiro Noda,  Norio Ozaki, 
  • Pages: 1013-1018
  • First Published: 09 January 2008
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Genetic analyses of Roundabout (ROBO) axon guidance receptors in autism†‡

A. Anitha,  Kazuhiko Nakamura,  Kazuo Yamada,  Shiro Suda,  Ismail Thanseem,  Masatsugu Tsujii,  Yoshimi Iwayama,  Eiji Hattori,  Tomoko Toyota,  Taishi Miyachi,  Yasuhide Iwata,  Katsuaki Suzuki,  Hideo Matsuzaki,  Masayoshi Kawai,  Yoshimoto Sekine,  Kenji Tsuchiya,  Gen-ichi Sugihara,  Yasuomi Ouchi,  Toshiro Sugiyama,  Keita Koizumi,  Haruhiro Higashida,  Nori Takei,  Takeo Yoshikawa,  Norio Mori, 
  • Pages: 1019-1027
  • First Published: 12 February 2008
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Multiple OPR genes influence personality traits in substance dependent and healthy subjects in two American populations†‡

Xingguang Luo,  Lingjun Zuo,  Henry Kranzler,  Huiping Zhang,  Shuang Wang,  Joel Gelernter, 
  • Pages: 1028-1039
  • First Published: 22 January 2008
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Association study between polymorphisms in glutathione-related genes and methamphetamine use disorder in a Japanese population†

Tasuku Hashimoto,  Kenji Hashimoto,  Ryosuke Miyatake,  Daisuke Matsuzawa,  Yoshimoto Sekine,  Toshiya Inada,  Norio Ozaki,  Nakao Iwata,  Mutsuo Harano,  Tokutaro Komiyama,  Mitsuhiko Yamada,  Ichiro Sora,  Hiroshi Ujike,  Masaomi Iyo, 
  • Pages: 1040-1046
  • First Published: 09 January 2008
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Clock genes may influence bipolar disorder susceptibility and dysfunctional circadian rhythm†

Jiajun Shi,  Jacqueline K. Wittke-Thompson,  Judith A. Badner,  Eiji Hattori,  James B. Potash,  Virginia L. Willour,  Francis J. McMahon,  Elliot S. Gershon,  Chunyu Liu, 
  • Pages: 1047-1055
  • First Published: 28 January 2008
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Cognitive dysfunction in mice deficient for TNF- and its receptors†

Bernhard T. Baune,  Florian Wiede,  Anja Braun,  Jonathan Golledge,  Volker Arolt,  Heinrich Koerner, 
  • Pages: 1056-1064
  • First Published: 19 February 2008
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DISC1 mRNA expression is not influenced by common Cis-acting regulatory polymorphisms or imprinting†

J.B.G. Hayesmoore,  N.J. Bray,  M.J. Owen,  M.C. O'Donovan, 
  • Pages: 1065-1069
  • First Published: 12 February 2008
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Worldwide genetic variation in dopamine and serotonin pathway genes: Implications for association studies†

Michelle Gardner,  Jaume Bertranpetit,  David Comas, 
  • Pages: 1070-1075
  • First Published: 12 February 2008
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A family- and population-based study of the UFD1L gene for schizophrenia†

Lin Xie,  Lin Ye,  Guizhi Ju,  Qi Xu,  Xuan Zhang,  Shuzheng Liu,  Jieping Shi,  Yaqin Yu,  Zhenqi Wang,  Yan Shen,  Jun Wei, 
  • Pages: 1076-1079
  • First Published: 12 February 2008
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A reanalysis of 409 European-Ancestry and African American schizophrenia pedigrees reveals significant linkage to 8p23.3 with evidence of locus heterogeneity†

E.G. Holliday,  B.J. Mowry,  D.R. Nyholt, 
  • Pages: 1080-1088
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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Association analysis of schizophrenia on 18 genes involved in neuronal migration: MDGA1 as a new susceptibility gene†

Anna K. Kähler,  Srdjan Djurovic,  Bettina Kulle,  Erik G. Jönsson,  Ingrid Agartz,  Håkan Hall,  Stein Opjordsmoen,  Klaus D. Jakobsen,  Thomas Hansen,  Ingrid Melle,  Thomas Werge,  Vidar M. Steen,  Ole A. Andreassen, 
  • Pages: 1089-1100
  • First Published: 02 April 2008
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Array comparative genomic hybridization in global developmental delay†‡

M.I. Shevell,  B.A. Bejjani,  M. Srour,  E.A. Rorem,  N. Hall,  L.G. Shaffer, 
  • Pages: 1101-1108
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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A functional polymorphism, rs6280, in DRD3 is significantly associated with nicotine dependence in European-American smokers†

Weihua Huang,  Thomas J. Payne,  Jennie Z. Ma,  Ming D. Li, 
  • Pages: 1109-1115
  • First Published: 17 March 2008
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Transmission disequilibrium testing of the chromosome 15q11-q13 region in autism†‡

Soo-Jeong Kim,  Camille W. Brune,  Emily O. Kistner,  Susan L. Christian,  Eric H. Courchesne,  Nancy J. Cox,  Edwin H. Cook, 
  • Pages: 1116-1125
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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Gene expression profiling in porcine maternal infanticide: A model for puerperal psychosis†

Claire R. Quilter,  Colin L. Gilbert,  Gina L. Oliver,  Osman Jafer,  Robert A. Furlong,  Sarah C. Blott,  Anna E. Wilson,  Carole A. Sargent,  Alan Mileham,  Nabeel A. Affara, 
  • Pages: 1126-1137
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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Dementia in fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS): Comparison with Alzheimer's disease†

Andreea L. Seritan,  Danh V. Nguyen,  Sarah Tomaszewski Farias,  Ladson Hinton,  Jim Grigsby,  James A. Bourgeois,  Randi J. Hagerman, 
  • Pages: 1138-1144
  • First Published: 02 April 2008
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Cortical enlargement in autism is associated with a functional VNTR in the monoamine oxidase A gene†

Lea K. Davis,  Heather C. Hazlett,  Amy L. Librant,  Peggy Nopoulos,  Val C. Sheffield,  Joesph Piven,  Thomas H. Wassink, 
  • Pages: 1145-1151
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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An analysis of candidate autism loci on chromosome 2q24–q33: Evidence for association to the STK39 gene†‡

Nicolas Ramoz,  Guiqing Cai,  Jennifer G. Reichert,  Jeremy M. Silverman,  Joseph D. Buxbaum, 
  • Pages: 1152-1158
  • First Published: 17 March 2008
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Comprehensive analysis of tagging sequence variants in DTNBP1 shows no association with schizophrenia or with its composite neurocognitive endophenotypes†

Kirsten Peters,  Steven Wiltshire,  Anjali K. Henders,  Milan Dragović,  Johanna C. Badcock,  David Chandler,  Sarah Howell,  Chris Ellis,  Sonja Bouwer,  Grant W. Montgomery,  Lyle J. Palmer,  Luba Kalaydjieva,  Assen Jablensky, 
  • Pages: 1159-1166
  • First Published: 03 March 2008
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Association of PTPRB gene polymorphism with drug addiction†

Hiroki Ishiguro,  Jian-Ping Gong,  F. Scott Hall,  Tadao Arinami,  George R. Uhl, 
  • Pages: 1167-1172
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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Candidate genes for schizophrenia: A survey of association studies and gene ranking†

Jingchun Sun,  Po-Hsiu Kuo,  Brien P. Riley,  Kenneth S. Kendler,  Zhongming Zhao, 
  • Pages: 1173-1181
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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Family based association study of pediatric bipolar disorder and the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3)†

Eric Mick,  Jang Woo Kim,  Joseph Biederman,  Janet Wozniak,  Timothy Wilens,  Thomas Spencer,  Jordan W. Smoller,  Stephen V. Faraone, 
  • Pages: 1182-1185
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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A genome-wide linkage scan provides evidence for both new and previously reported loci influencing common migraine†‡

Lannie Ligthart,  Dale R. Nyholt,  Jouke-Jan Hottenga,  Marijn A. Distel,  Gonneke Willemsen,  Dorret I. Boomsma, 
  • Pages: 1186-1195
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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Combined effects of exonic polymorphisms in CRHR1 and AVPR1B genes in a case/control study for panic disorder†‡

Martin E. Keck,  Nikola Kern,  Angelika Erhardt,  Paul G. Unschuld,  Marcus Ising,  Daria Salyakina,  Marianne B. Müller,  Carolin C. Knorr,  Roselind Lieb,  Christa Hohoff,  Petra Krakowitzky,  Wolfgang Maier,  Borwin Bandelow,  Jürgen Fritze,  Jürgen Deckert,  Florian Holsboer,  Bertram Müller-Myhsok,  Elisabeth B. Binder, 
  • Pages: 1196-1204
  • First Published: 02 April 2008
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Social support in older individuals: The role of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism†

Warren D. Taylor,  Stephan Züchner,  Douglas R. McQuoid,  David C. Steffens,  Dan G. Blazer,  K. Ranga R. Krishnan, 
  • Pages: 1205-1212
  • First Published: 02 April 2008
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Twin study refining psychotic symptom dimensions as phenotypes for genetic research†

Alastair G. Cardno,  Frühling V. Rijsdijk,  Robin M. Murray,  Peter McGuffin, 
  • Pages: 1213-1221
  • First Published: 02 April 2008
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Genetic association between α-synuclein and idiopathic parkinson's disease†

Denise M. Kay,  Stewart A. Factor,  Ali Samii,  Donald S. Higgins,  Alida Griffith,  John W. Roberts,  Berta C. Leis,  John G. Nutt,  Jennifer S. Montimurro,  Robert G. Keefe,  April J. Atkins,  Dora Yearout,  Cyrus P. Zabetian,  Haydeh Payami, 
  • Pages: 1222-1230
  • First Published: 10 April 2008
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FBXL21 association with schizophrenia in irish family and case–control samples†

Xiangning Chen,  Xu Wang,  Cuie Sun,  Qi Chen,  F. Anthony O'Neill,  Dermot Walsh,  Ayman Fanous,  Kenneth S. Kendler, 
  • Pages: 1231-1237
  • First Published: 10 April 2008
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Support for schizophrenia susceptibility locus on chromosome 2q detected in a Swedish isolate using a dense map of microsatellites and SNPs†

Karolina Åberg,  Elin Axelsson,  Peter Saetre,  Lin Jiang,  Lennart Wetterberg,  Ulf Pettersson,  Eva Lindholm,  Elena Jazin, 
  • Pages: 1238-1244
  • First Published: 30 April 2008
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Genome-wide scan in 124 Indonesian sib-pair families with schizophrenia reveals genome-wide significant linkage to a locus on chromosome 3p26-21†

Irmansyah,  S.G. Schwab,  Heriani,  H.Y. Handoko,  A. Kusumawardhani,  I. Widyawati,  N. Amir,  M.W.S. Nasrun,  P. Holmans,  M. Knapp,  D.B. Wildenauer, 
  • Pages: 1245-1252
  • First Published: 30 April 2008
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Early-phase ERK activation as a biomarker for metabolic status in fragile X syndrome†

Ning Weng,  Ivan Jeanne Weiler,  Allison Sumis,  Elizabeth Berry-Kravis,  William T. Greenough, 
  • Pages: 1253-1257
  • First Published: 01 May 2008
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Ordered subsets linkage analysis of antisocial behavior in substance use disorder among participants in the collaborative study on the genetics of alcoholism†‡

Kristen C. Jacobson,  Cheryl L. Beseler,  Jessica Lasky-Su,  Stephen V. Faraone,  Stephen J. Glatt,  William S. Kremen,  Michael J. Lyons,  Ming T. Tsuang, 
  • Pages: 1258-1269
  • First Published: 21 May 2008
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Neurotransmission and bipolar disorder: A systematic family-based association study†

Jiajun Shi,  Judith A. Badner,  Eiji Hattori,  James B. Potash,  Virginia L. Willour,  Francis J. McMahon,  Elliot S. Gershon,  Chunyu Liu, 
  • Pages: 1270-1277
  • First Published: 28 April 2008
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Association of reading disability on chromosome 6p22 in the Afrikaner population†

Jill V. Platko,  Frank B. Wood,  Izelda Pelser,  Marianne Meyer,  George S. Gericke,  Julia O'Rourke,  Julie Birns,  Shaun Purcell,  David L. Pauls, 
  • Pages: 1278-1287
  • First Published: 01 May 2008

Review Articles

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The positives, protocols, and perils of genome-wide association†

Benjamin M. Neale,  Shaun Purcell, 
  • Pages: 1288-1294
  • First Published: 23 May 2008

Brief Research Communications

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Beckwith Weidemann syndrome: A behavioral phenotype–genotype study†

Lindsey Kent,  Sarah Bowdin,  Gail A. Kirby,  Wendy N. Cooper,  Eamonn R. Maher, 
  • Pages: 1295-1297
  • First Published: 03 March 2008
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The neuregulin 1 promoter polymorphism rs6994992 is not associated with chronic schizophrenia or neurocognition†

James J. Crowley,  Richard S.E. Keefe,  Diana O. Perkins,  T. Scott Stroup,  Jeffrey A. Lieberman,  Patrick F. Sullivan, 
  • Pages: 1298-1300
  • First Published: 19 February 2008
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A novel non-parametric regression reveals linkage on chromosome 4 for the number of externalizing symptoms in sib-pairs†

Saurabh Ghosh,  Laura J. Bierut,  Bernice Porjesz,  Howard J. Edenberg,  Danielle Dick,  Alison Goate,  Victor Hesselbrock,  John Nurnberger Jr,  Tatiana Foroud,  John Kramer,  John Rice,  Henri Begleiter, 
  • Pages: 1301-1305
  • First Published: 02 May 2008
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No association between two polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter gene and combined type attention deficit hyperactivity disorder†

X. Xu,  E. Aysimi,  R. Anney,  K. Brookes,  B. Franke,  K. Zhou,  C. Buschgens,  W. Chen,  H. Christiansen,  J. Eisenberg,  I. Gabriëls,  I. Manor,  R. Marco,  U.C. Müller,  A. Mulligan,  N. Rommelse,  M. Thompson,  H. Uebel,  T. Banaschewski,  J. Buitelaar,  R. Ebstein,  M. Gill,  A. Miranda,  F. Mulas,  R.D. Oades,  H. Roeyers,  A. Rothenberger,  J. Sergeant,  E. Sonuga-Barke,  H.-C. Steinhausen,  E. Taylor,  S.V. Faraone,  P. Asherson, 
  • Pages: 1306-1309
  • First Published: 01 May 2008
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Association of PIP5K2A with schizophrenia: A study in an indonesian family sample†

L. Saggers-Gray,  H. Heriani,  H.Y. Handoko,  I. Irmansyah,  A.A.A.A. Kusumawardhani,  I. Widyawati,  N. Amir,  M.W.S. Nasrun,  S.G. Schwab,  D.B. Wildenauer, 
  • Pages: 1310-1313
  • First Published: 03 March 2008
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Association study of candidate variants of COMT with neuroticism, anxiety and depression†

Naomi R. Wray,  Michael R. James,  Troy Dumenil,  Herlina Y. Handoko,  Penelope A. Lind,  Grant W. Montgomery,  Nicholas G. Martin, 
  • Pages: 1314-1318
  • First Published: 02 April 2008
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Exclusion of linkage to chromosome 14q in a large South Tyrolean family with idiopathic basal ganglia calcification (IBGC)†

Claudia Béu Volpato,  Alessandro De Grandi,  Ebba Buffone,  Irene Pichler,  Uwe Gebert,  Günther Schifferle,  Rudolf Schönhuber,  Peter P. Pramstaller, 
  • Pages: 1319-1322
  • First Published: 24 March 2008
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Association study of the estrogen receptor alpha gene (ESR1) and childhood-onset mood disorders†

Jonathan Mill,  Eniko Kiss,  Ildiko Baji,  Krisztina Kapornai,  Gabriella Daróczy,  Ágnes Vetró,  James Kennedy,  Maria Kovacs,  Cathy Barr, 
  • Pages: 1323-1326
  • First Published: 30 April 2008
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No association between tagging SNPs of SNARE complex genes (STX1A, VAMP2 and SNAP25) and schizophrenia in a Japanese population†‡

Kunihiro Kawashima,  Taro Kishi,  Masashi Ikeda,  Tsuyoshi Kitajima,  Yoshio Yamanouchi,  Yoko Kinoshita,  Nagahide Takahashi,  Shinichi Saito,  Kazutaka Ohi,  Yuka Yasuda,  Ryota Hashimoto,  Masatoshi Takeda,  Toshiya Inada,  Norio Ozaki,  Nakao Iwata, 
  • Pages: 1327-1331
  • First Published: 30 May 2008