Phenomic, Convergent Functional Genomic, and Biomarker Studies in a Stress-Reactive Genetic Animal Model of Bipolar Disorder and Co-Morbid Alcoholism H
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 147B:134–166 (2008) Rapid Publication Phenomic, Convergent Functional Genomic, and Biomarker Studies in a Stress-Reactive Genetic Animal Model of Bipolar Disorder and Co-Morbid Alcoholism H. Le-Niculescu,1,2,3 M.J. McFarland,1,2,3 C.A. Ogden,4 Y. Balaraman,1,2,3 S. Patel,1,3 J. Tan,1,3 Z.A. Rodd,3 M. Paulus,4 M.A. Geyer,4 H.J. Edenberg,5 S.J. Glatt,6 S.V. Faraone,6 J.I. Nurnberger,3 R. Kuczenski,4 M.T. Tsuang,4 and A.B. Niculescu1,2,3* 1Laboratory of Neurophenomics, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 2INBRAIN, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 3Institute of Psychiatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 4Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego, La Jolla, California 5Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 6Department of Psychiatry, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York We had previously identified the clock gene D-box binding protein (Dbp) as a potential candidate Please cite this article as follows: Le-Niculescu H, gene for bipolar disorder and for alcoholism, McFarland MJ, Ogden CA, Balaraman Y, Patel S, Tan J, using a Convergent Functional Genomics (CFG) Rodd ZA, Paulus M, Geyer MA, Edenberg HJ, Glatt SJ, approach. Here we report that mice with a homo- Faraone SV, Nurnberger JI, Kuczenski R, Tsuang MT, zygous deletion of DBP have lower locomotor Niculescu AB. 2008. Phenomic, Convergent Functional activity, blunted responses to stimulants, and Genomic, and Biomarker Studies in a Stress-Reactive gain less weight over time.
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