Psychiatric genetics : A primer for clinical and basic scientists / edited by Thomas G. Schulze, & Francis J. McMahon.

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Schulze, Thomas G

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Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018Description: xii, 223 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmISBN:

9780190221973 (pbk.) :

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616.89042 23 SCH

Contents:

1. Contribution of epidemiology to our understanding of psychiatric genetics / Alison K. Merikangas and Kathleen R. Merikangas 2. Recruitment of human subjects : an overview of techniques and methods used in psychiatric and other clinical studies / Layla Kassem 3. Basic molecular genetics concepts and tools : from SNPs to chips / Sevilla D. Detera-Wadleigh, Nirmala Akula, and Liping Hou 4. Statistical genetics : Genome-Wide Studies / Till F.M. Andlauer, Bertram Müller-Myhsok, and Stephan Ripke 5. Human linkage and association analysis / John P. Rice 6. The role of copy number variation in psychiatric disorders / Elliott Rees and George Kirov 7. Pharmacogenomics & precision psychiatry / Julia C. Stingl and Gonzalo Laje 8. Endophenotypes / David C. Glahn, Laura Almasy, and John Blangero 9. Imaging genetics / Luanna Dixson, Heike tost, and Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg 10. Bioinformatics in psychiatric genetics / Nikola S. Mueller, Ivan Kondofersky, Gökcen Eraslan, Karolina Worf, and Fabian J. Theis 11. Epigenomic exploration of the human brain / Tobias B. Halene, Gregor Hasler, Amanda Mitchell, and Schahram Akbarian 12. Epigenetics in psychiatry / Subha Subramanian and James B. Potash 13. Next-generation sequencing in genetic studies of psychiatric disorders / Shweta Ramdas and Jun Z. Li 14. Animal models / Tadafumi Kato 15. Biobanking of human induced pluripotent stem cells for psychiatric research / Jennifer C. Moore, Michael Sheldon, and Jay A. Tischfield.

Summary: A straightforward introduction to the essentials of psychiatric genetics, covering basic epidemiology, recruitment for human studies, phenotyping strategies, formal genetic and molecular genetic studies, statistical genetics, bioinformatics and genomics, pharmacogenetics, the most relevant animal models, and biobanking. Each chapter begins with a list of 'take home' points that summarises content, followed by a brief overview of current knowledge and suggestions for further reading.

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A straightforward introduction to the essentials of psychiatric genetics, covering basic epidemiology, recruitment for human studies, phenotyping strategies, formal genetic and molecular genetic studies, statistical genetics, bioinformatics and genomics, pharmacogenetics, the most relevant animal models, and biobanking. Each chapter begins with a list of 'take home' points that summarises content, followed by a brief overview of current knowledge and suggestions for further reading.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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