Autism Research Updates
Articles: 2005-2009
Articles: 2000-2004
- Examination of association of genes in the serotonin system to autism.
- Common genetic variants on 5p14.1 associate with autism spectrum disorders.
- A genome-wide association study of autism reveals a common novel risk locus at 5p14.1.
- Examination of association to autism of common genetic variationin genes related to dopamine.
- Genome-wide linkage analyses of quantitative and categorical autism subphenotypes.
- Dissecting the locus heterogeneity of autism: significant linkage to chromosome 12q14.
- Mapping autism risk loci using genetic linkage and chromosomal rearrangements.
- Investigation of autism and GABA receptor subunit genes in multiple ethnic groups.
- Analysis of the RELN gene as a genetic risk factor for autism.
Articles: 2000-2004
- Genome-wide and Ordered-Subset linkage analyses provide support for autism loci on 17q and 19p with evidence of phenotypic and interlocus genetic correlates.
- Analysis of the autism chromosome 2 linkage region: GAD1 and other candidate genes.
- A linkage disequilibrium map of the 1-Mb 15q12 GABA(A) receptor subunit cluster and association to autism.
- Linkage and association analysis at the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) locus in a rigid-compulsive subset of autism.
- Examination of NRCAM, LRRN3, KIAA0716, and LAMB1 as autism candidate genes.
- Examination of candidate genes in language disorder: a model of genetic association for treatment studies.
- Exploratory subsetting of autism families based on savant skills improves evidence of genetic linkage to 15q11-q13.
- Dense linkage disequilibrium mapping in the 15q11-q13 maternal expression domain yields evidence for association in autism.
- Defining the autism minimum candidate gene region on chromosome 7.
- Linkage disequilibrium at the Angelman syndrome gene UBE3A in autism families.
- Incorporating language phenotypes strengthens evidence of linkage to autism.
- Evidence supporting WNT2 as an autism susceptibility gene.