Submissions tagged with genes
(6 documents)
Genes of the serotonergic and dopaminergic pathways and their interaction affect the expression of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD).
Although there is evidence for the involvement of genes of serotonergic and dopaminergic systems in the manifestation of the Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms in Dementia (BPSD), genetic assoc…
Received 23 October 2009 20:37 UTC; Posted 26 October 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Neuroscience
Limusaurus and bird digit identity
Limusaurus is a remarkable herbivorous ceratosaur unique among theropods in having digits II, III and IV, with only a small metacarpal vestige of digit I. This raises interesting questions regard…
Received 06 October 2009 03:05 UTC; Posted 06 October 2009
Posted to: Developmental Biology, Genetics & Genomics, Molecular Cell Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Homocysteic acid as a pathogen for Alzheimer’s disease
It has been considered that Alzheimer’s disease may be induced by multi-pathogenic factors. However recent Nature Genetics has reported that sporadic Alzheimer’s disease is also genetically determ…
Received 09 September 2009 10:12 UTC; Posted 09 September 2009
Posted to: Neuroscience
IMGT/GENE-DB: genomic reference sequences for human and mouse IG and TR genes and alleles
The immunoglobulin (IG) and T cell receptor (TR) major loci span about 6 Megabases (Mb) of the human genome on chromosomes 2, 7, 14 and 22, and 9 Mb in mouse on chromosomes 6, 12, 13, 14 and 16. Th…
Received 23 April 2009 13:26 UTC; Posted 23 April 2009
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics, Immunology, Bioinformatics
The Gloomy Prospect Wins: Statistical Significance and Population Stratification in Genome Wide Association Studies
This one-hour lecture by Dr. Eric Turkheimer of the University of Virginia’s Department of Psychology explored the following:The contemporary era has seen a convergence of genomic technology a…
Received 12 December 2008 00:35 UTC; Posted 15 December 2008
Posted to: Genetics & Genomics
PharmGKB: Capturing knowledge to catalyze pharmacogenomics research
This is a powerpoint presentation made initially at the Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Pharmacogenomics, November 2006. It discusses the PharmGKB (http://www.pharmgkb.org/) and how we are building …
Received 30 November 2006 07:29 UTC; Posted 30 November 2006
Posted to: Biotechnology, Genetics & Genomics, Pharmacology
