Human

• Heroin Abuse Is Characterized by Discrete Mesolimbic Dopamine and Opioid Abnormalities and Exaggerated Nuclear Receptor-Related 1 Transcriptional Decline with Age

  M. Cs. Horvath, G. G. Kovacs, V. Kovari, K. Majtenyi, Y. L. Hurd & E. Keller
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (5 December 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.2398-07.2007

  Abstract

• Gene Expression Profiling in Postmortem Prefrontal Cortex of Major Depressive Disorder

  H. J. Kang, D. H. Adams, A. Simen, B. B. Simen, G. Rajkowska, C. A. Stockmeier, J. C. Overholser, H. Y. Meltzer, G. J. Jurjus, L. C. Konick, S. S. Newton & R. S. Duman
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (28 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4083-07.2007

  Abstract

• Mutations in TTBK2, encoding a kinase implicated in tau phosphorylation, segregate with spinocerebellar ataxia type 11

  Henry Houlden, Janel Johnson, Christopher Gardner-Thorpe, Tammaryn Lashley, Dena Hernandez, Paul Worth, Andrew B Singleton, David A Hilton, Janice Holton, Tamas Revesz, Mary B Davis, Paolo Giunti & Nicholas W Wood
  Nature Genetics
  (25 November 2007); doi:10.1038/ng.2007.43

  Abstract

• A survey of genetic human cortical gene expression

  Amanda J Myers, J Raphael Gibbs, Jennifer A Webster, Kristen Rohrer, Alice Zhao, Lauren Marlowe, Mona Kaleem, Doris Leung, Leslie Bryden, Priti Nath, Victoria L Zismann, Keta Joshipura, Matthew J Huentelman, Diane Hu-Lince, Keith D Coon, David W Craig, John V Pearson, Peter Holmans, Christopher B Heward, Eric M Reiman, Dietrich Stephan & John Hardy
  Nature Genetics
  (4 November 2007); doi:10.1038/ng.2007.16

  Abstract

• Fabp7 Maps to a Quantitative Trait Locus for a Schizophrenia Endophenotype

  Akiko Watanabe, Tomoko Toyota, Yuji Owada, Takeshi Hayashi, Yoshimi Iwayama, Miho Matsumata, Yuichi Ishitsuka, Akihiro Nakaya, Motoko Maekawa, Tetsuo Ohnishi, Ryoichi Arai, Katsuyasu Sakurai, Kazuo Yamada, Hisatake Kondo, Kenji Hashimoto, Noriko Osumi & Takeo Yoshikawa
  PLoS Biology 5
  (15 November 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050297

  Abstract

• Gustatory Expression Pattern of the Human TAS2R Bitter Receptor Gene Family Reveals a Heterogenous Population of Bitter Responsive Taste Receptor Cells

  M. Behrens, S. Foerster, F. Staehler, J.-D. Raguse & W. Meyerhof
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (14 November 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1168-07.2007

  Abstract

• Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Identifies Neural Progenitor Cells in the Live Human Brain

  L. N. Manganas, X. Zhang, Y. Li, R. D. Hazel, S. D. Smith, M. E. Wagshul, F. Henn, H. Benveniste, P. M. Djuric, G. Enikolopov & M. Maletic-Savatic
  Science 318
  (9 November 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1147851

  Abstract

• Genome-wide analyses of human perisylvian cerebral cortical patterning

  B. S. Abrahams, D. Tentler, J. V. Perederiy, M. C. Oldham, G. Coppola & D. H. Geschwind
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (31 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0706128104

  Abstract

• Impaired glutathione synthesis in schizophrenia: Convergent genetic and functional evidence

  R. Gysin, R. Kraftsik, J. Sandell, P. Bovet, C. Chappuis, P. Conus, P. Deppen, M. Preisig, V. Ruiz, P. Steullet, M. Tosic, T. Werge, M. Cuénod & K. Q. Do
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (16 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0706778104

  Abstract

• Prefrontal Dysfunction in Schizophrenia Involves Mixed-Lineage Leukemia 1-Regulated Histone Methylation at GABAergic Gene Promoters

  H.-S. Huang, A. Matevossian, C. Whittle, S. Y. Kim, A. Schumacher, S. P. Baker & S. Akbarian
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (17 October 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.3272-07.2007

  Abstract

• Genetic triple dissociation reveals multiple roles for dopamine in reinforcement learning

  M. J. Frank, A. A. Moustafa, H. M. Haughey, T. Curran & K. E. Hutchison
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (9 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0706111104

  Abstract

• Human T_H17 lymphocytes promote blood-brain barrier disruption and central nervous system inflammation

  Hania Kebir, Katharina Kreymborg, Igal Ifergan, Aurore Dodelet-Devillers, Romain Cayrol, Monique Bernard, Fabrizio Giuliani, Nathalie Arbour, Burkhard Becher & Alexandre Prat
  Nature Medicine 13 1173 - 1175
  (9 September 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1651

  Abstract

• Hypomorphic CEP290/NPHP6 mutations result in anosmia caused by the selective loss of G proteins in cilia of olfactory sensory neurons

  D. P. McEwen, R. K. Koenekoop, H. Khanna, P. M. Jenkins, I. Lopez, A. Swaroop & J. R. Martens
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (2 October 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0704140104

  Abstract

• Long story short: the serotonin transporter in emotion regulation and social cognition

  Turhan Canli & Klaus-Peter Lesch
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1103 - 1109
  (28 August 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1964

  Abstract

• Mutations in UPF3B, a member of the nonsense-mediated mRNA decay complex, cause syndromic and nonsyndromic mental retardation

  Patrick S Tarpey, F Lucy Raymond, Lam S Nguyen, Jayson Rodriguez, Anna Hackett, Lucianne Vandeleur, Raffaella Smith, Cheryl Shoubridge, Sarah Edkins, Claire Stevens, Sarah O'Meara, Calli Tofts, Syd Barthorpe, Gemma Buck, Jennifer Cole, Kelly Halliday, Katy Hills, David Jones, Tatiana Mironenko, Janet Perry, Jennifer Varian, Sofie West, Sara Widaa, John Teague, Ed Dicks, Adam Butler, Andrew Menzies, David Richardson, Andrew Jenkinson, Rebecca Shepherd, Keiran Raine, Jenny Moon, Yin Luo, Josep Parnau, Shambhu S Bhat, Alison Gardner, Mark Corbett, Doug Brooks, Paul Thomas, Emma Parkinson-Lawrence, Mary E Porteous, John P Warner, Tracy Sanderson, Pauline Pearson, Richard J Simensen, Cindy Skinner, George Hoganson, Duane Superneau, Richard Wooster, Martin Bobrow, Gillian Turner, Roger E Stevenson, Charles E Schwartz, P Andrew Futreal, Anand K Srivastava, Michael R Stratton & Jozef Gécz
  Nature Genetics 39 1127 - 1133
  (19 August 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2100

  Abstract

• The Inheritance of Resistance Alleles in Multiple Sclerosis

  Sreeram V. Ramagopalan, Andrew P. Morris, David A. Dyment, Blanca M. Herrera, Gabriele C. DeLuca, Matthew R. Lincoln, Sarah M. Orton, Michael J. Chao, A. Dessa Sadovnick & George C. Ebers
  PLoS Genetics 3
  (7 September 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030150

  Abstract

• Social regulation of gene expression in human leukocytes

  Steve W Cole, Louise C Hawkley, Jesusa M Arevalo, Caroline Y Sung, Robert M Rose & John T Cacioppo
  Genome Biology 8
  (13 September 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-9-r189

  Abstract

• Activation of mGlu2/3 receptors as a new approach to treat schizophrenia: a randomized Phase 2 clinical trial

  Sandeep T Patil, Lu Zhang, Ferenc Martenyi, Stephen L Lowe, Kimberley A Jackson, Boris V Andreev, Alla S Avedisova, Leonid M Bardenstein, Issak Y Gurovich, Margarita A Morozova, Sergey N Mosolov, Nikolai G Neznanov, Alexander M Reznik, Anatoly B Smulevich, Vladimir A Tochilov, Bryan G Johnson, James A Monn & Darryle D Schoepp
  Nature Medicine 13 1102 - 1107
  (2 September 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1632

  Abstract

• A deletion variant of the 2b-adrenoceptor is related to emotional memory in Europeans and Africans

  Dominique J-F de Quervain, Iris-Tatjana Kolassa, Verena Ertl, P Lamaro Onyut, Frank Neuner, Thomas Elbert & Andreas Papassotiropoulos
  Nature Neuroscience 10 1137 - 1139
  (29 July 2007); doi:10.1038/nn1945

  Abstract

• Inhibition of the leucine-rich repeat protein LINGO-1 enhances survival, structure, and function of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease models

  H. Inoue, L. Lin, X. Lee, Z. Shao, S. Mendes, P. Snodgrass-Belt, H. Sweigard, T. Engber, B. Pepinsky, L. Yang, M. F. Beal, S. Mi & O. Isacson
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (4 September 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0700901104

  Abstract

• When Fear Is Near: Threat Imminence Elicits Prefrontal-Periaqueductal Gray Shifts in Humans

  D. Mobbs, P. Petrovic, J. L. Marchant, D. Hassabis, N. Weiskopf, B. Seymour, R. J. Dolan & C. D. Frith
  Science 317
  (24 August 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1144298

  Abstract

• Innate immunity and transcription of MGAT-III and Toll-like receptors in Alzheimer's disease patients are improved by bisdemethoxycurcumin

  M. Fiala, P. T. Liu, A. Espinosa-Jeffrey, M. J. Rosenthal, G. Bernard, J. M. Ringman, J. Sayre, L. Zhang, J. Zaghi, S. Dejbakhsh, B. Chiang, J. Hui, M. Mahanian, A. Baghaee, P. Hong & J. Cashman
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (31 July 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0701267104

  Abstract

• A unified genetic theory for sporadic and inherited autism

  X. Zhao, A. Leotta, V. Kustanovich, C. Lajonchere, D. H. Geschwind, K. Law, P. Law, S. Qiu, C. Lord, J. Sebat, K. Ye & M. Wigler
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  (25 July 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0705803104

  Abstract

• Mutation of FIG4 causes neurodegeneration in the pale tremor mouse and patients with CMT4J

  Clement Y. Chow, Yanling Zhang, James J. Dowling, Natsuko Jin, Maja Adamska, Kensuke Shiga, Kinga Szigeti, Michael E. Shy, Jun Li, Xuebao Zhang, James R. Lupski, Lois S. Weisman & Miriam H. Meisler
  Nature 448 68 - 72
  (17 June 2007); doi:10.1038/nature05876

  Abstract

• Deletion at ITPR1 Underlies Ataxia in Mice and Spinocerebellar Ataxia 15 in Humans

  Joyce Van de Leemput, Jayanth Chandran, Melanie A. Knight, Lynne A. Holtzclaw, Sonja Scholz, Mark R. Cookson, Henry Houlden, Katrina Gwinn-Hardy, Hon-Chung Fung, Xian Lin, Dena Hernandez, Javier Simon-Sanchez, Nick W. Wood, Paola Giunti, Ian Rafferty, John Hardy, Elsdon Storey, R. J. McKinlay Gardner, Susan M. Forrest, Elizabeth M. C. Fisher, James T. Russell, Huaibin Cai & Andrew B. Singleton
  PLoS Genetics 3
  (22 June 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030108

  Abstract

• Aneuploidy and DNA Replication in the Normal Human Brain and Alzheimer's Disease

  B. Mosch, M. Morawski, A. Mittag, D. Lenz, A. Tarnok & T. Arendt
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (27 June 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0379-07.2007

  Abstract

• From the Cover: Linguistic tone is related to the population frequency of the adaptive haplogroups of two brain size genes, ASPM and Microcephalin

  D. Dediu & D. R. Ladd
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (26 June 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0610848104

  Abstract

• The ciliary gene RPGRIP1L is mutated in cerebello-oculo-renal syndrome (Joubert syndrome type B) and Meckel syndrome

  Marion Delous, Lekbir Baala, Rémi Salomon, Christine Laclef, Jeanette Vierkotten, Kàlmàn Tory, Christelle Golzio, Tiphanie Lacoste, Laurianne Besse, Catherine Ozilou, Imane Moutkine, Nathan E Hellman, Isabelle Anselme, Flora Silbermann, Christine Vesque, Christoph Gerhardt, Eleanor Rattenberry, Matthias T F Wolf, Marie Claire Gubler, Jéléna Martinovic, Féréchté Encha-Razavi, Nathalie Boddaert, Marie Gonzales, Marie Alice Macher, Hubert Nivet, Gérard Champion, Jean Pierre Berthélémé, Patrick Niaudet, Fiona McDonald, Friedhelm Hildebrandt, Colin A Johnson, Michel Vekemans, Corinne Antignac, Ulrich Rüther, Sylvie Schneider-Maunoury, Tania Attié-Bitach & Sophie Saunier
  Nature Genetics 39 875 - 881
  (10 June 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2039

  Abstract

• Mutations in the gene encoding the basal body protein RPGRIP1L, a nephrocystin-4 interactor, cause Joubert syndrome

  Heleen H Arts, Dan Doherty, Sylvia E C Van Beersum, Melissa A Parisi, Stef J F Letteboer, Nicholas T Gorden, Theo A Peters, Tina Märker, Krysta Voesenek, Aileen Kartono, Hamit Ozyurek, Federico M Farin, Hester Y Kroes, Uwe Wolfrum, Han G Brunner, Frans P M Cremers, Ian A Glass, Nine V A M Knoers & Ronald Roepman
  Nature Genetics 39 882 - 888
  (10 June 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2069

  Abstract

• A Genomic Pathway Approach to a Complex Disease: Axon Guidance and Parkinson Disease

  Timothy G. Lesnick, Spiridon Papapetropoulos, Deborah C. Mash, Jarlath Ffrench-Mullen, Lina Shehadeh, Mariza De Andrade, John R. Henley, Walter A. Rocca, J. Eric Ahlskog & Demetrius M. Maraganore
  PLoS Genetics 3
  (15 June 2007); doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030098

  Abstract

• Association of DISC1 with autism and Asperger syndrome

  H Kilpinen, T Ylisaukko-oja, W Hennah, O M Palo, T Varilo, R Vanhala, T Nieminen-von Wendt, L von Wendt, T Paunio & L Peltonen
  Molecular Psychiatry
  (19 June 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002031

  Abstract

• Characterizing the expression of the human olfactory receptor gene family using a novel DNA microarray

  Xiaohong Zhang, Omar De la Cruz, Jayant M Pinto, Dan Nicolae, Stuart Firestein & Yoav Gilad
  Genome Biology 8
  (17 May 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-5-r86

  Abstract

• X chromosome cDNA microarray screening identifies a functional PLP2 promoter polymorphism enriched in patients with X-linked mental retardation

  L. Zhang, C. Jie, C. Obie, F. Abidi, C. E. Schwartz, R. E. Stevenson, D. Valle & T. Wang
  Genome Research 17
  (26 March 2007); doi:10.1101/gr.5336307

  Abstract

• Metabolomic mapping of atypical antipsychotic effects in schizophrenia

  R Kaddurah-Daouk, J Mcevoy, R A Baillie, D Lee, J K Yao, P M Doraiswamy & K R R Krishnan
  Molecular Psychiatry
  (17 April 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002000

  Abstract

• Atypical Gating Of M-Type Potassium Channels Conferred by Mutations in Uncharged Residues in the S4 Region of KCNQ2 Causing Benign Familial Neonatal Convulsions

  M. V. Soldovieri, M. R. Cilio, F. Miceli, G. Bellini, E. Miraglia del Giudice, P. Castaldo, C. C. Hernandez, M. S. Shapiro, A. Pascotto, L. Annunziato & M. Taglialatela
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (2 May 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0580-07.2007

  Abstract

• Deafblindness in French Canadians from Quebec: a predominant founder mutation in the USH1C gene provides the first genetic link with the Acadian population

  Inga Ebermann, Irma Lopez, Maria Bitner-Glindzicz, Carolyn Brown, Robert Koenekoop & Hanno Bolz
  Genome Biology 8
  (3 April 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r47

  Abstract

• Polymorphisms in the Human Soluble Epoxide Hydrolase Gene EPHX2 Linked to Neuronal Survival after Ischemic Injury

  I. P. Koerner, R. Jacks, A. E. Debarber, D. Koop, P. Mao, D. F. Grant & N. J. Alkayed
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (25 April 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.0056-07.2007

  Abstract

• Homozygous silencing of T-box transcription factor EOMES leads to microcephaly with polymicrogyria and corpus callosum agenesis

  Lekbir Baala, Sylvain Briault, Heather C Etchevers, Frédéric Laumonnier, Abdelhafid Natiq, Jeanne Amiel, Nathalie Boddaert, Capucine Picard, Aziza Sbiti, Abdellah Asermouh, Tania Attié-Bitach, Féréchté Encha-Razavi, Arnold Munnich, Abdelaziz Sefiani & Stanislas Lyonnet
  Nature Genetics 39 454 - 456
  (11 March 2007); doi:10.1038/ng1993

  Abstract

• Mitochondrial aspartyl-tRNA synthetase deficiency causes leukoencephalopathy with brain stem and spinal cord involvement and lactate elevation

  Gert C Scheper, Thom Van der Klok, Rob J van Andel, Carola G M van Berkel, Marie Sissler, Joél Smet, Tatjana I Muravina, Sergey V Serkov, Graziella Uziel, Marianna Bugiani, Raphael Schiffmann, Ingeborg Krägeloh-Mann, Jan A M Smeitink, Catherine Florentz, Rudy Van Coster, Jan C Pronk & Marjo S van der Knaap
  Nature Genetics 39 534 - 539
  (25 March 2007); doi:10.1038/ng2013

  Abstract

• A recurrent mutation in MED12 leading to R961W causes Opitz-Kaveggia syndrome

  Hiba Risheg, John M Graham, Jr, Robin D Clark, R Curtis Rogers, John M Opitz, John B Moeschler, Andreas P Peiffer, Melanie May, Sumy M Joseph, Julie R Jones, Roger E Stevenson, Charles E Schwartz & Michael J Friez
  Nature Genetics 39 451 - 453
  (4 March 2007); doi:10.1038/ng1992

  Abstract

• Strong Association of De Novo Copy Number Mutations with Autism

  J. Sebat, B. Lakshmi, D. Malhotra, J. Troge, C. Lese-martin, T. Walsh, B. Yamrom, B. Yamrom, S. Yoon, A. Krasnitz, J. Kendall, A. Leotta, D. Pai, R. Zhang, Y.-H. Lee, J. Hicks, S. J. Spence, A. T. Lee, K. Puura, T. Lehtimaki, D. Ledbetter, P. K. Gregersen, J. Bregman, J. S. Sutcliffe, V. Jobanputra, W. Chung, D. Warburton, M.-C. King, D. Skuse, D. H. Geschwind, T. C. Gilliam, K. Ye & M. Wigler
  Science
  (15 March 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1138659

  Abstract

• Converging evidence for a pseudoautosomal cytokine receptor gene locus in schizophrenia

  T Lencz, T V Morgan, M Athanasiou, B Dain, C R Reed, J M Kane, R Kucherlapati & A K Malhotra
  Molecular Psychiatry
  (20 March 2007); doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4001983

  Abstract

• Involvement of Interferon-γ in Microglial-Mediated Loss of Dopaminergic Neurons

  M. P. Mount, A. Lira, D. Grimes, P. D. Smith, S. Faucher, R. Slack, H. Anisman, S. Hayley & D. S. Park
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (21 March 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5321-06.2007

  Abstract

• Human Neuroblasts Migrate to the Olfactory Bulb via a Lateral Ventricular Extension

  M. A. Curtis, M. Kam, U. Nannmark, M. F. Anderson, M. Z. Axell, C. Wikkelso, S. Holtas, W. M. C. Van roon-mom, T. Bjork-eriksson, C. Nordborg, J. Frisen, M. Dragunow, R. L. M. Faull and P. S. Eriksson
  Science 315
  (2 March 2007); doi:10.1126/science.1136281

  Abstract

• Mutations in SPG11, encoding spatacsin, are a major cause of spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum

  Giovanni Stevanin, Filippo M Santorelli, Hamid Azzedine, Paula Coutinho, Jacques Chomilier, Paola S Denora, Elodie Martin, Anne-Marie Ouvrard-hernandez, Alessandra Tessa, Naïma Bouslam, Alexander Lossos, Perrine Charles, José L Loureiro, Nizar Elleuch, Christian Confavreux, Vítor T Cruz, Merle Ruberg, Eric Leguern, Djamel Grid, Meriem Tazir, Bertrand Fontaine, Alessandro Filla, Enrico Bertini, Alexandra Durr and Alexis Brice
  Nature Genetics 39 366 - 372
  (18 February 2007); doi:10.1038/ng1980

  Abstract

• miRNA expression in the prefrontal cortex of individuals with schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder

  Diana O Perkins, Clark Jeffries, L Fredrik Jarskog, J Michael Thomson, Keith Woods, Martin A Newman, Joel S Parker, Jianping Jin and Scott M Hammond
  Genome Biology 8
  (27 February 2007); doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-2-r27

  Abstract

• Promotion of sleep by targeting the orexin system in rats, dogs and humans

  Catherine Brisbare-roch, Jasper Dingemanse, Ralf Koberstein, Petra Hoever, Hamed Aissaoui, Susan Flores, Celia Mueller, Oliver Nayler, Joop Van gerven, Sanne L De haas, Patrick Hess, Changbin Qiu, Stephan Buchmann, Michael Scherz, Thomas Weller, Walter Fischli, Martine Clozel and François Jenck
  Nature Medicine 13 150 - 155
  (28 January 2007); doi:10.1038/nm1544

  Abstract

• Allelic Variation in RGS4 Impacts Functional and Structural Connectivity in the Human Brain

  J. W. Buckholtz, A. Meyer-lindenberg, R. A. Honea, R. E. Straub, L. Pezawas, M. F. Egan, R. Vakkalanka, B. Kolachana, B. A. Verchinski, S. Sust, V. S. Mattay, D. R. Weinberger and J. H. Callicott
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (14 February 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.5112-06.2007

  Abstract

• A nonsynonymous SNP in PRKCH (protein kinase C ) increases the risk of cerebral infarction

  Michiaki Kubo, Jun Hata, Toshiharu Ninomiya, Koichi Matsuda, Koji Yonemoto, Toshiaki Nakano, Tomonaga Matsushita, Keiko Yamazaki, Yozo Ohnishi, Susumu Saito, Takanari Kitazono, Setsuro Ibayashi, Katsuo Sueishi, Mitsuo Iida, Yusuke Nakamura and Yutaka Kiyohara
  Nature Genetics 39 212 - 217
  (7 January 2007); doi:10.1038/ng1945

  Abstract

• Molecular markers of early Parkinson's disease based on gene expression in blood

  C. R. Scherzer, A. C. Eklund, L. J. Morse, Z. Liao, J. J. Locascio, D. Fefer, M. A. Schwarzschild, M. G. Schlossmacher, M. A. Hauser, J. M. Vance, L. R. Sudarsky, D. G. Standaert, J. H. Growdon, R. V. Jensen and S. R. Gullans
  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 104
  (10 January 2007); doi:10.1073/pnas.0610204104

  Abstract

• Mutations in the gene encoding the synaptic scaffolding protein SHANK3 are associated with autism spectrum disorders

  Christelle M Durand, Catalina Betancur, Tobias M Boeckers, Juergen Bockmann, Pauline Chaste, Fabien Fauchereau, Gudrun Nygren, Maria Rastam, I Carina Gillberg, Henrik Anckarsäter, Eili Sponheim, Hany Goubran-botros, Richard Delorme, Nadia Chabane, Marie-Christine Mouren-simeoni, Philippe De mas, Eric Bieth, Bernadette Rogé, Delphine Héron, Lydie Burglen, Christopher Gillberg, Marion Leboyer and Thomas Bourgeron
  Nature Genetics 39 25 - 27
  (17 December 2006); doi:10.1038/ng1933

  Abstract

• A proteomic study of serum from children with autism showing differential expression of apolipoproteins and complement proteins

  B A Corbett, A B Kantor, H Schulman, W L Walker, L Lit, P Ashwood, D M Rocke and F R Sharp
  Molecular Psychiatry
  (26 December 2006); doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4001943

  Abstract

• The I-II Loop Controls Plasma Membrane Expression and Gating of Cav3.2 T-Type Ca2+ Channels: A Paradigm for Childhood Absence Epilepsy Mutations

  I. Vitko, I. Bidaud, J. M. Arias, A. Mezghrani, P. Lory and E. Perez-reyes
  Journal of Neuroscience 27
  (10 January 2007); doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1817-06.2007

  Abstract

• Mutations in SYNE1 lead to a newly discovered form of autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia

  François Gros-louis, Nicolas Dupré, Patrick Dion, Michael A Fox, Sandra Laurent, Steve Verreault, Joshua R Sanes, Jean-Pierre Bouchard and Guy A Rouleau
  Nature Genetics 39 80 - 85
  (10 December 2006); doi:10.1038/ng1927

  Abstract

• Rate of Evolution in Brain-Expressed Genes in Humans and Other Primates

  Hurng-Yi Wang, Huan-Chieh Chien, Naoki Osada, Katsuyuki Hashimoto, Sumio Sugano, Takashi Gojobori, Chen-Kung Chou, Shih-Feng Tsai, Chung-I Wu and C.-K. James Shen
  PLoS Biology 5
  (26 December 2006); doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0050013

  Abstract