Name Afke F. Terwisscha van Scheltinga
Department of psychiatry
Section Genetic basis of developmental disorders
Function MD, PhD
E-mail:
aterwiss@umcutrecht.nl
Tel:+31 88-755 8180
Pager: 1020
Supervisors Steven C. Bakker, RS Kahn
Title research
The identification of genes involved in schizophrenia and related disorders
Summary research Part 1: collecting bloodsamples for replication of the genome-wide association study on schizophrenia.
Part 2: Identify genes that are associated with regional brain volume differences in schizophrenic patients.
Part 3: participation in the Group project (see www.group-project.nl)
Publications Smits SM, Terwisscha van Scheltinga AF, van der Linden AJ, Burbach JP, Smidt MP.
Species differences in brain pre-pro-neurotensin/neuromedin N mRNA distribution: the expression pattern in mice resembles more closely that of primates than rats.
Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 2004 Jun 18;125(1-2):22-8.