Hyperphagia, Severe Obesity, Impaired Cognitive Function, and Hyperactivity Associated With Functional Loss of One Copy of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) Gene

• Published in: Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 55; no. 12; pp. 3366 - 3371
• Main Authors: GRAY, Juliette, YEO, Giles S. H, HODGES, John R, RAYMOND, F. Lucy, O'RAHILLY, Stephen, SADAF FAROOQI, I, COX, James J, MORTON, Jenny, ADLAM, Anna-Lynne R, KEOGH, Julia M, YANOVSKI, Jack A, EL GHARBAWY, Areeg, HAN, Joan C, LORAINE TUNG, Y. C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Alexandria, VA American Diabetes Association 01.12.2006
• Subjects: Adult; Attention deficit disorders. Hyperactivity; Biological and medical sciences; Brain research; Brain-derived neurotrophic factor; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor - blood; Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor - genetics; Care and treatment; Child clinical studies; Chromosome Aberrations; Chromosome Inversion - genetics; Chromosomes, Artificial, Bacterial; Cognition Disorders - genetics; Diabetes. Impaired glucose tolerance; DNA - genetics; DNA - isolation & purification; Endocrine pancreas. Apud cells (diseases); Endocrinopathies; Etiopathogenesis. Screening. Investigations. Target tissue resistance; Female; Genetic aspects; Health aspects; Humans; Hyperkinesis - genetics; Hyperphagia - genetics; Medical sciences; Metabolic diseases; Mutation; Obesity; Obesity - genetics; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; United Kingdom; Endocrinopathy; Obesity; Feeding behavior; Cognitive disorder; Gene; Hyperactivity; Diabetes mellitus; Nutrition disorder; Brain derived neurotrophic factor; Nutritional status; Hyperphagia

Hyperphagia, Severe Obesity, Impaired Cognitive Function, and Hyperactivity Associated With Functional Loss of One Copy of the Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ( BDNF ) Gene Juliette Gray 1 , Giles S.H. Yeo 1 , James J. Cox 2 , Jenny Morton 3 , Anna-Lynne R. Adlam 4 , Julia M. Keogh 1 , Jack A. Yan...