Abstract

This study investigates the use of a series of physiologic trait markers rather than the diagnosis of schizophrenia itself in genetic studies of this illness. Three markers which are abnormal in patients with schizophrenia and a large number of their relatives are being investigated: auditory sensory gating, smooth pursuit and anti-saccade eye movements, and niacin-induced erythema. Associations of these traits with candidate genes has been reported by other groups. Study of multiple markers for the same cohort of subjects has not been reported previously. During the current grant year we have developed procedures to carry out these tests and diagnostic interviews in a three hour period using equipment which can be moved between clinical sites to maximize family recruitment potential. During the past year we studied these traits in 55 subjects and have confirmed an elevated rate of abnormal traits in patients and their relatives as compared with controls. During the next year we anticipate recruiting and testing 50-80 additional subjects. As we collect sufficient numbers of DNA samples we will begin to examine associations of these abnormal trait marker results with specific genetic loci based on prior literature reports

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
General Clinical Research Centers Program (M01)
Project #
2M01RR006192-06
Application #
6122699
Study Section
Project Start
1998-12-01
Project End
1999-11-30
Budget Start
1998-10-01
Budget End
1999-09-30
Support Year
6
Fiscal Year
1999
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Connecticut
Department
Type
DUNS #
City
Farmington
State
CT
Country
United States
Zip Code
06030

  Publications

Lieberman, Richard; Kranzler, Henry R; Levine, Eric S et al. (2018) Examining the effects of alcohol on GABAA receptor mRNA expression and function in neural cultures generated from control and alcohol dependent donor induced pluripotent stem cells. Alcohol 66:45-53
Usmani, Saad; Choquette, Linda; Bona, Robert et al. (2018) Transient bacteremia induced by dental cleaning is not associated with infection of central venous catheters in patients with cancer. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 125:286-294
Moscufo, Nicola; Wakefield, Dorothy B; Meier, Dominik S et al. (2018) Longitudinal microstructural changes of cerebral white matter and their association with mobility performance in older persons. PLoS One 13:e0194051
Jin, Lingling; Liu, Yi; Sun, Fanyue et al. (2017) Three novel ANO5 missense mutations in Caucasian and Chinese families and sporadic cases with gnathodiaphyseal dysplasia. Sci Rep 7:40935
Lieberman, Richard; Kranzler, Henry R; Levine, Eric S et al. (2017) Examining FKBP5 mRNA expression in human iPSC-derived neural cells. Psychiatry Res 247:172-181
Santos-Cortez, Regie Lyn P; Hu, Ying; Sun, Fanyue et al. (2017) Identification of ASAH1 as a susceptibility gene for familial keloids. Eur J Hum Genet 25:1155-1161
Liu, Yaling; Dutra, Eliane H; Reichenberger, Ernst J et al. (2016) Dietary phosphate supplement does not rescue skeletal phenotype in a mouse model for craniometaphyseal dysplasia. J Negat Results Biomed 15:18
Lieberman, Richard; Armeli, Stephen; Scott, Denise M et al. (2016) FKBP5 genotype interacts with early life trauma to predict heavy drinking in college students. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet 171:879-87
Litt, Mark D; Duffy, Valerie; Oncken, Cheryl (2016) Cigarette smoking and electronic cigarette vaping patterns as a function of e-cigarette flavourings. Tob Control 25:ii67-ii72
Rash, Carla J; Burki, Madison; Montezuma-Rusca, Jairo M et al. (2016) A retrospective and prospective analysis of trading sex for drugs or money in women substance abuse treatment patients. Drug Alcohol Depend 162:182-9

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