2017
Neurogenetic analysis of childhood disintegrative disorder
Gupta AR, Westphal A, Yang DYJ, Sullivan CAW, Eilbott J, Zaidi S, Voos A, Vander Wyk BC, Ventola P, Waqar Z, Fernandez TV, Ercan-Sencicek AG, Walker MF, Choi M, Schneider A, Hedderly T, Baird G, Friedman H, Cordeaux C, Ristow A, Shic F, Volkmar FR, Pelphrey KA. Neurogenetic analysis of childhood disintegrative disorder. Molecular Autism 2017, 8: 19. PMID: 28392909, PMCID: PMC5379515, DOI: 10.1186/s13229-017-0133-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAdaptor Proteins, Signal TransducingAutism Spectrum DisorderBasic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription FactorsBrainBrain MappingCase-Control StudiesChildChild, PreschoolChromosomes, Human, XDisease ProgressionDNA Copy Number VariationsExome SequencingFemaleGene ExpressionHumansIntellectual DisabilityMagnetic Resonance ImagingMaleMaternal InheritanceNuclear ProteinsPhenotypePolymorphism, GeneticSeverity of Illness IndexSiblingsTranscription FactorsTranscriptome
1999
Childhood-onset schizophrenia: progressive brain changes during adolescence
Giedd J, Jeffries N, Blumenthal J, Castellanos FX, Vaituzis A, Fernandez T, Hamburger S, Liu H, Nelson J, Bedwell J, Tran L, Lenane M, Nicolson R, Rapoport J. Childhood-onset schizophrenia: progressive brain changes during adolescence. Biological Psychiatry 1999, 46: 892-898. PMID: 10509172, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3223(99)00072-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBrain anomaliesVentricular volumeTotal cerebrumLateral ventricleCOS groupDuration of illnessProgressive brain changesBrain magnetic resonanceStructural brain anomaliesBrain MRI studiesGender-matched controlsMean age 14Age-related changesAdult patientsAdult schizophreniaBrain changesMRI studiesControl groupLarger sample sizeBrain tissueBrain developmentHippocampusProgressionDiagnostic group differencesEarly adulthood