Genetic Research in Psychiatry

¿2. Münchner Genetikgespräche¿ September 12 ¿ 15, 1991 C.I.N.P. President¿s Workshop
Herausgegeben von Mendlewicz, Julien; Hippius, Hanns; Mitarbeit: Bondy, B.; Ackenheil, M.; Sandler, M.

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Produktbeschreibung

Major and exciting advances in psychiatric genetics werediscussed at a 3-day international workshop. Theinternationally renowned editors assembledan impressivelist of specialists, all of whom are leading in theirsubject. Reviews and short articles which stress specialproblems or new research results have been brought togetherin this book, also including intensive discussions of thedifferent topics. Much of the material covers theapplication of molecular genetics in major psychoses,Alzheimer's dementia or preclinical research. However, theproblems of diagnostic features or phenotypicalcharacterization broaden further the content of this volume,making it truly a collection of the art information.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer / Springer Berlin Heidelberg / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-642-46764-6
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1992
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 429g
• ISBN-13: 9783642467646
• ISBN-10: 3642467644
• Artikelnr.: 36119535

Inhaltsangabe

Molecular Genetics of Affective Psychoses.- Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia.- Clinical Observations Critical for Linkage Studies of Schizophrenia and Affective Psychose.- The Complexities of Linkage Studies for Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Clinical Aspects of Familial Forms of Alzheimer's Disease.- Molecular Pathology and Aetiology of Alzheimer's Disease.- Molecular Genetics of Familial Alzheimer's Disease.- Analysis of Psychiatric Disease by Molecular Genetics.- Molecular Genetics in Neurodegenerative Disorders.- The D3 Dopamine Receptor Gene as a Candidate Gene for Genetic Linkage Studies.- Structure and Function Relationships of the G-Receptor Family.- GABA Receptor Genes: Applications to Neuropsychiatric Disorders.- Gene Assignment by Random Search in Human Genome.- Family Studies of Affective Disorders with 11p15.5 DNA Markers.- Clinical Phenotypes: Problems in Diagnosis.- Biological Markers in Schizophrenia and the Affective Psychoses.- Cotransmission and Comorbidity of Affective Disorders, Anxiety Disorders and Alcoholism in Families.- Biological Marker Studies in Families.- Twin Research.- Assessing the Evidence for Linkage in Psychiatric Genetics.- Editors and Co-Editors.- Workshop Participants and Senior Authors.- Coauthors.- Acknowledgements.