Genetic Evidence for Possible Involvement of the Calcium Channel Gene CACNA1A in Autism Pathogenesis in Chinese Han Population

Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are a group of neurodevelopmental disorders. Recent studies suggested that calcium channel genes might be involved in the genetic etiology of ASD. CACNA1A, encoding an alpha-1 subunit of voltage-gated calcium channel, has been reported to play an important role in neu...

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Main Authors: Li, Jun, You, Yang, Yue, Weihua, Jia, Meixiang, Yu, Hao, Lu, Tianlan, Wu, Zhiliu, Ruan, Yanyan, Wang, Lifang, Zhang, Dai
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2015
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4643966/