Genetic Research in Psychiatry : “2. Münchner Genetikgespräche” September 12 – 15, 1991 C.I.N.P. President’s Workshop

Major and exciting advances in psychiatric genetics were discussed at a 3-day international workshop. The internationally renowned editors assembledan impressive list of specialists, all of whom are leading in their subject. Reviews and short articles which stress special problems or new research results have been brought together in this book, also including intensive discussions of the different topics. Much of the material covers the application of molecular genetics in major psychoses, Alzheimer's dementia or preclinical research. However, the problems of diagnostic features or phenotypical characterization broaden further the content of this volume, making it truly a collection of the art information. Front Matter....Pages i-viii Molecular Genetics of Affective Psychoses....Pages 1-24 Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia....Pages 25-48 Clinical Observations Critical for Linkage Studies of Schizophrenia and Affective Psychoses....Pages 49-60 The Complexities of Linkage Studies for Neuropsychiatric Disorders....Pages 61-74 Clinical Aspects of Familial Forms of Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 75-87 Molecular Pathology and Aetiology of Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 88-109 Molecular Genetics of Familial Alzheimer’s Disease....Pages 110-116 Analysis of Psychiatric Disease by Molecular Genetics....Pages 117-125 Molecular Genetics in Neurodegenerative Disorders....Pages 126-134 The D 3 Dopamine Receptor Gene as a Candidate Gene for Genetic Linkage Studies....Pages 135-149 Discussion of Presentation M. G. Caron: Structure and Function Relationships of the G-Receptor Family....Pages 150-152 GABA Receptor Genes: Applications to Neuropsychiatric Disorders....Pages 153-159 Gene Assignment by Random Search in Human Genome....Pages 160-163 Family Studies of Affective Disorders with 11p15.5 DNA Markers....Pages 164-172 Clinical Phenotypes: Problems in Diagnosis....Pages 173-192 Biological Markers in Schizophrenia and the Affective Psychoses....Pages 193-206 Cotransmission and Comorbidity of Affective Disorders, Anxiety Disorders, and Alcoholism in Families....Pages 207-224 Biological Marker Studies in Families....Pages 225-233 Twin Research....Pages 234-244 Assessing the Evidence for Linkage in Psychiatric Genetics....Pages 245-249 Back Matter....Pages 251-267