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  1. Josep M Mercader, Juan R González, Juan José Lozano, Mads Bak, Sakari Kauppinen, Lauro Sumoy, Mara Dierssen, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Joana Visa, Mònica Gratacòs and Xavier Estivill. Aberrant brain microRNA target and miRISC gene expression in the anx/anx anorexia mouse model. Gene (in press)
  2.  Xavier Gallego, Susanna Molas, Alejandro Amador-Arjona, Noemí Robles, Patricia Murtra, Lluís Armengol, Rubén D. Fernández-Montes, Mònica Gratacòs, Martí Pumarola, Roberto Cabrera, Rafael Maldonado, Josefa Sabrià, Xavier Estivill, Mara Dierssen. Overexpression of the human CHRNA3/A5/B4 genomic cluster in mice increases the sensitivity to nicotine and modifies its reinforcing effects. Amino Acids (in press)
  3. Gelabert E, Subirà S, García-Esteve L, Navarro P, Plaza A, Cuyàs E, Navinés R, Gratacòs M, Valdés M, Martín-Santos R. Perfectionism dimensions in major postpartum depression. J Affect Disord (in press)
  4. MA Fullana, P Alonso, M Gratacos, N Jaurrieta, S Jiménez-Murcia, C Segalàs, E Real, X Estivill, JM Menchón. Variation in the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism and response to cognitive-behavior therapy in obsessive-compulsive disorder. European Psychiatry (in press)
  5. Timo D Müller, Brandon H Greene (…), Monica Gratacòs, (…), Johannes Hebebrand and Anke Hinney. Fat mass and obesity associated gene (FTO) in eating disorders: association of the rs9939609 obesity risk allele with bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa. BMC Medical Genetics (in press)
  6. E. M. Peñas-Lledó, P Dorado, Z Agüera, M Gratacòs, X Estivill, F Fernandez-Aranda, A Llerena. CYP2D6 polymorphism in patients with eating disorders. The Parmacogenomics Journal (in press)
  7. Sébastien Jacquemont, Alexandre Reymond (…), Mònica Gratacòs, Xavier Estivill,(…) Jacques S Beckmann, Philippe Froguel. Reciprocal extreme BMI phenotypes associated with gene dosage at the 16p11.2 locus. Nature. 2011 Aug 31;478(7367):97-102.
  8. Eva M Peñas-LLedó, Pedro Dorado, Zaida Agüera, Monica Gratacós, Xavier Estivill, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Adrián Llerena. High risk of suicide among CYP2D6 ultrarapid metabolizers in eating disorders. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Jul;16(7):691-2
  9. Glòria Albacar, Teresa Sans, Rocío Martín-Santos, Lluïsa García-Esteve, Roser Guillamat, Julio Sanjuan, Francesca Cañellas, Mònica Gratacòs, Pere Cavalle, Victoria Arija, Ana Gaviria, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes, Elisabet Vilella. An association between plasma ferritin concentrations measured  48 hours after delivery and postpartum depression. J Affect Disord. 2011 Jun;131(1-3):136-42.
  10. Pino Alonso, Mónica Gratacòs, Cinto Segalàs, Georgia Escaramís, Juan R. González, Eva Real, Mónica Bayés, Javier Labad, Rafael de Cid, Alberto Pertusa, Georgina Escaramís, Julio Vallejo, Xavier Estivill, José M. Menchón. Variants in estrogen receptor alpha gene are associated with phenotypical expression of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Psyhconeuroendocrinology 2011 May;36(4):473-83
  11. Gilabert-Juan J, Ivorra JL, Tolosa A, Gratacòs M, Costas J, Sanjuán J, Moltó MD. Potential involvement of serotonin receptor genes with age of onset and gender in schizophrenia: a preliminary study in a Spanish sample.  Psychiatry Res. 2011 Mar 30;186(1):153-4.
  12. Muiños-Gimeno M, Espinosa-Parrilla Y, Guidi M, Kagerbauer B, Sipilä T, Maron E, Pettai K, Kananen L, Navinés R, Martín-Santos R, Gratacòs M, Metspalu A, Hovatta I, Estivill X. Human microRNAs miR-22, miR-138-2, miR-148a and miR-488 are associated with panic disorder and regulate several anxiety candidate genes and related pathways. Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Mar 15;69(6):526-33.
  13. Ester Saus, Virginia Soria, Geòrgia Escaramís, Francesca Vivarelli, José M. Crespo, Birgit Kagerbauer, José Manuel Menchón, Mikel Urretavizcaya, Mònica Gratacòs and Xavier Estivill. Genetic variants and abnormal processing of pre-miR-182, a circadian clock modulator, in major depression patients with late insomnia. Hum Mol Genet 2010 Oct 15;19(20):4017-25
  14. Ester Saus, Virginia Soria, Geòrgia Escaramís, José M. Crespo, Joaquín Valero, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes,  Lourdes Martorell, Elisabet Vilella, José Manuel Menchón, Xavier Estivill1, Mònica Gratacòs and Mikel Urretavizcaya. A haplotype of glycogen synthase kinase 3b is associated with early onset of unipolar major depression. Genes Brain and Behavior 2010 Oct;9(7):799-807.
  15. Jonas Donner, Rita Haapakoski, Sini Ezer, Erik Melén, Sami Pirkola, Mònica Gratacòs, Marco Zucchelli, Francesca Anedda, Cilla Söderhäll, Christina Orsmark-Pietras, Jaana Suvisaari, Rocío Martín-Santos,Marta Torrens, Kaisa Silander, Joseph D Terwilliger, Magnus Wickman, Göran Pershagen, Jouko Lönnqvist, Leena Peltonen, Xavier Estivill, Mauro D’Amato, Juha Kere, Harri Alenius, and Iiris Hovatta. Assessment of the neuropeptide S system in anxiety disorders. Biological Psychiatry  2010 Sep 1;68(5):474-83.
  16. Ester Saus, Anna Brunet, Lluís Armengol, Pino Alonso, José M. Crespo, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Miriam Guitart, Rocío Martín-Santos, José Manuel Menchón, Ricard Navinés, Virginia Soria, Marta Torrens, Mikel Urretavizcaya, Vicenç Vallès, Mònica Gratacòs and Xavier Estivill. Comprehensive copy number variant (CNV) analysis of neuronal pathways genes in psychiatric disorders identifies rare variants within patients. Journal of Psychiatric Research 2010 Oct; 44(14):971-8
  17. Virginia Soria, Èrika Martínez-Amorós, Geòrgia Escaramís,  Joaquín Valero, José M. Crespo, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes, Mònica Bayés, Lourdes Martorell, Elisabet Vilella,  Xavier Estivill, José M. Menchón, Mònica Gratacòs,and Mikel Urretavizcaya. Resequencing and association analysis of Arylalkylamine N-acetyltransferase (AANAT) gene and its contribution to major depression susceptibility. Journal of Pineal Research 2010 Aug; 49(1):35-44.
  18. Mònica Gratacòs, Geòrgia Escaramís, Mariona Bustamante, Ester Saus, Zaida Agüera, Mònica Bayés, Elena Cellini, Rafael de Cid, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Laura Forcano, Juan R. González, Philip Gorwood, Johannes Hebebrand, Anke Hinney, Josep M. Mercader, Benedetta Nacmias, Nicolas Ramoz, Marta Ribasés, Valdo Ricca, Lucia Romo, Sandro Sorbi, Audrey Versini and Xavier Estivill. Role of the neurotrophin network in eating disorders’ subphenotypes: body mass index and age at onset of the disease. Journal of Psychiatric Research 44 (2010) 834–840.
  19. Javier Costas, Mònica Gratacòs, Geòrgia Escaramís, Rocío Martín-Santos, Yolanda de Diego, Enrique Baca-García, Francesca Canellas, Xavier Estivil, Roser Guillamat, Miriam Guitart, Alfonso Gutiérrez-Zotes, Luisa García-Esteve, Fermín Mayoral, María Dolores Moltó, Christopher Phillips, Miquel Roca, Ángel Carracedo, Elisabet Vilella, Julio Sanjuán. Association study of 44 candidate genes with depressive and anxiety symptoms in post-partum women. Journal of Psychiatric Research 2010;44(11):717-24
  20. V. Soria, È. Martínez-Amorós, G. Escaramís,  J. Valero, R. Pérez-Egea, C. García, A. Gutiérrez-Zotes, D. Puigdemont, M. Bayés, J. M. Crespo, L. Martorell, E. Vilell, A. Labad, J. Vallejo, V. Pérez, J. M. Menchón, X. Estivill, M. Gratacòs and  M. Urretavizcaya. Differential association of circadian genes with Mood Disorders: CRY1 and NPAS2 are associated with Unipolar Major Depression and CLOCK and VIP with Bipolar Disorder. Neuropsychopharmacology 2010 May; 35(6): 1279-89
  21. F. Fonseca, M. Gratacòs, G. Escaramís, R. De Cid, R. Martín-Santos, X. Estivill and M. Torrens. Response to Methadone maintenance treatment is associated with the MYOCD and GRM6 genes. Molecular Diagnosis & Therapy 2010, Jun; 14 (3): 171-8
  22. G Albacar, T Sans, R Martín-Santos, L García-Esteve, R Guillamat, J Sanjuan, F Cañellas, JM Carot, M Gratacòs, J Bosch, A Gaviria, A Labad, A Gutiérrez-Zotes, E Vilella. Thyroid function 48 h after delivery as a marker for subsequent postpartum depression. Psychoneuroendocrinology 2010;35(5):738-42
  23. Brian J. O’Roak, Thomas M. Morgan, Daniel Fishman, Ester Saus, Pino Alonso, Mònica Gratacòs, Xavier Estivill, Omri Teltsh, Yoav Kohn, Kenneth K. Kidd, Judy Cho, Richard P. Lifton, and Matthew W. State. Additional Support for the Association of SLITRK1 var321 and Tourette syndrome. Mol Psychiatry. 2010 May;15(5):447-50
  24. Josep M. Mercader, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Mònica Gratacòs, Zaida  Aguera, Laura Forcano, Marta Ribasés, Cynthia Villarejo, Xavier Estivill.  Correlation of BDNF Blood Levels with Interoceptive Awareness and Maturity Fears in Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa Patients.  Journal of Neural Transmission 2010 Apr;117(4):505-12.
  25. 25.    Baca-Garcia E, Vaquero-Lorenzo C, Perez-Rodriguez MM, Gratacos M, Bayes M, Santiago-Mozos R, Leiva-Murillo JM, de Prado-Cumplido M, Artes-Rodriguez A, Ceverino A, Diaz-Sastre C, Fernandez-Navarro P, Costas J, Fernandez-Piqueras J, Diaz-Hernandez M, de Leon J, Baca-Baldomero E, Saiz-Ruiz J, Mann JJ, Parsey RV, Carracedo A, Estivill X, Oquendo MA. Nucleotide variation in central nervous system genes among male suicide attempters. Am J Med Genet B 2010 Jan 5;153B(1):208-13
  26. Hammer C, Kapeller J, Endele M, Fischer C, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Friedel S, Gratacòs M, Estivill X, Fichter M, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Stefan E, Rappold G, Niesler B. Functional variants of the serotonin receptor type 3A and B gene are associated with eating disorders. Pharmacogenetics and Genomics 2009;19(10):790-9
  27. Marti A, Santos JL, Gratacos M, Moreno-Aliaga MJ, Martinez JA, Estivill X. Association between Leptin Receptor (LEPR) and Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (BDNF) gene variants and obesity: a case-control study. Marti A, Santos JL, Gratacos M, Moreno-Aliaga MJ, Martinez JA, Estivill X. Nutritional Neuroscience. 2009; 12(4):1-6
  28. Tortajada S, Garcia-Gomez JM, Vicente J, Sanjuan J, de Frutos R, Martin-Santos R, Garcia-Esteve L, Gornemann I, Gutierrez-Zotes A, Canellas F, Carracedo A, Gratacos M, Guillamat R, Baca-Garcia E, Robles M. Prediction of postpartum depression using multilayer perceptrons and pruning. Methods Inf Med. 2009;48(3):291-8.
  29. Real E, Gratacos M, Soria V, Escaramis G, Alonso P, Segalas C, Bayes M, Cid RD, Menchon JM, Estivill X. A Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Haplotype Is Associated with Therapeutic Response in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. Biological Psychiatry 2009 Oct 1;66(7):674-80.
  30. Muinos-Gimeno M, Guidi M, Kagerbauer B, Martin-Santos R, Navines R, Alonso P, Menchon JM, Gratacos M, Estivill X, Espinosa-Parrilla Y. Allele variants in functional MicroRNA target sites of the neurotrophin-3 receptor gene (NTRK3) as susceptibility factors for anxiety disorders. Hum Mutat. 2009 Jul;30(7):1062-71.
  31. Forcano L, Fernandez-Aranda F, Alvarez-Moya E, Bulik C, Granero R, Gratacos M, Jimenez-Murcia S, Krug I, Mercader JM, Riesco N, Saus E, Santamaria JJ, Estivill X. Suicide attempts in bulimia nervosa: personality and psychopathological correlates. Eur Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;24(2):91-7.
  32. Gratacos M, Costas J, de Cid R, Bayes M, Gonzalez JR, Baca-Garcia E, de Diego Y, Fernandez-Aranda F, Fernandez-Piqueras J, Guitart M, Martin-Santos R, Martorell L, Menchon JM, Roca M, Saiz-Ruiz J, Sanjuan J, Torrens M, Urretavizcaya M, Valero J, Vilella E, Estivill X, Carracedo A. Identification of new putative susceptibility genes for several psychiatric disorders by association analysis of regulatory and non-synonymous SNPs of 306 genes involved in neurotransmission and neurodevelopment. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009 Sep 5; 150B(6):808-16.
  33. Sanjuan J, Martin-Santos R, Garcia-Esteve L, Carot JM, Guillamat R, Gutierrez-Zotes A, Gornemann I, Canellas F, Baca-Garcia E, Jover M, Navines R, Valles V, Vilella E, de Diego Y, Castro JA, Ivorra JL, Gelabert E, Guitart M, Labad A, Mayoral F, Roca M, Gratacos M, Costas J, van Os J, de Frutos R. Mood changes after delivery: role of the serotonin transporter gene. Br J Psychiatry. 2008 Nov;193(5):383-8.
  34. Ribases M, Hervas A, Ramos-Quiroga JA, Bosch R, Bielsa A, Gastaminza X, Fernandez-Anguiano M, Nogueira M, Gomez-Barros N, Valero S, Gratacos M, Estivill X, Casas M, Cormand B, Bayes M. Association study of 10 genes encoding neurotrophic factors and their receptors in adult and child attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2008 May 15;63(10):935-45.
  35. Ribases M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Gratacos M, Mercader JM, Casasnovas C, Nunez A, Vallejo J, Estivill X. Contribution of the serotoninergic system to anxious and depressive traits that may be partially responsible for the phenotypical variability of bulimia nervosa. J Psychiatr Res. 2008 Jan;42(1):50-7.
  36. Mercader JM, Saus E, Aguera Z, Bayes M, Boni C, Carreras A, Cellini E, de Cid R, Dierssen M, Escaramis G, Fernandez-Aranda F, Forcano L, Gallego X, Gonzalez JR, Gorwood P, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Nacmias B, Puig A, Ribases M, Ricca V, Romo L, Sorbi S, Versini A, Gratacos M, Estivill X. Association of NTRK3 and its interaction with NGF suggest an altered cross-regulation of the neurotrophin signaling pathway in eating disorders. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 May 1;17(9):1234-44.
  37. Mercader JM, Lozano JJ, Sumoy L, Dierssen M, Visa J, Gratacos M, Estivill X. Hypothalamus transcriptome profile suggests an anorexia-cachexia syndrome in the anx/anx mouse model. Physiol Genomics. 2008 Nov 12;35(3):341-50.
  38. Gratacos M, Soria V, Urretavizcaya M, Gonzalez JR, Crespo JM, Bayes M, de Cid R, Menchon JM, Vallejo J, Estivill X. A brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) haplotype is associated with antidepressant treatment outcome in mood disorders. Pharmacogenomics J. 2008 Apr;8(2):101-12.
  39. de Cid R, Fonseca F, Gratacos M, Gutierrez F, Martin-Santos R, Estivill X, Torrens M. BDNF variability in opioid addicts and response to methadone treatment: preliminary findings. Genes Brain Behav. 2008 Jul;7(5):515-22.
  40. Alonso P, Gratacos M, Menchon JM, Segalas C, Gonzalez JR, Labad J, Bayes M, Real E, de Cid R, Pertusa A, Escaramis G, Vallejo J, Estivill X. Genetic susceptibility to obsessive-compulsive hoarding: the contribution of neurotrophic tyrosine kinase receptor type 3 gene. Genes Brain Behav. 2008 Oct;7(7):778-85.
  41. Alonso P, Gratacos M, Menchon JM, Saiz-Ruiz J, Segalas C, Baca-Garcia E, Labad J, Fernandez-Piqueras J, Real E, Vaquero C, Perez M, Dolengevich H, Gonzalez JR, Bayes M, de Cid R, Vallejo J, Estivill X. Extensive genotyping of the BDNF and NTRK2 genes define protective haplotypes against obsessive-compulsive disorder. Biol Psychiatry. 2008 Mar 15;63(6):619-28.
  42. Sahun I, Gallego X, Gratacos M, Murtra P, Trullas R, Maldonado R, Estivill X, Dierssen M. Differential responses to anxiogenic drugs in a mouse model of panic disorder as revealed by Fos immunocytochemistry in specific areas of the fear circuitry. Amino Acids. 2007 Nov;33(4):677-88.
  43. Mercader JM, Ribases M, Gratacos M, Gonzalez JR, Bayes M, de Cid R, Badia A, Fernandez-Aranda F, Estivill X. Altered brain-derived neurotrophic factor blood levels and gene variability are associated with anorexia and bulimia. Genes Brain Behav. 2007 Nov;6(8):706-16.
  44. Mercader JM, Fernandez-Aranda F, Gratacos M, Ribases M, Badia A, Villarejo C, Solano R, Gonzalez JR, Vallejo J, Estivill X. Blood levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factor correlate with several psychopathological symptoms in anorexia nervosa patients. Neuropsychobiology. 2007;56(4):185-90.
  45. Gratacos M, Sahun I, Gallego X, Amador-Arjona A, Estivill X, Dierssen M. Candidate genes for panic disorder: insight from human and mouse genetic studies. Genes Brain Behav. 2007 Jun;6 Suppl 1:2-23.
  46. Gratacos M, Gonzalez JR, Mercader JM, de Cid R, Urretavizcaya M, Estivill X. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met and psychiatric disorders: meta-analysis of case-control studies confirm association to substance-related disorders, eating disorders, and schizophrenia. Biol Psychiatry. 2007 Apr 1;61(7):911-22.
  47. Redon R, Ishikawa S, Fitch KR, Feuk L, Perry GH, Andrews TD, Fiegler H, Shapero MH, Carson AR, Chen W, Cho EK, Dallaire S, Freeman JL, Gonzalez JR, Gratacos M, Huang J, Kalaitzopoulos D, Komura D, MacDonald JR, Marshall CR, Mei R, Montgomery L, Nishimura K, Okamura K, Shen F, Somerville MJ, Tchinda J, Valsesia A, Woodwark C, Yang F, Zhang J, Zerjal T, Zhang J, Armengol L, Conrad DF, Estivill X, Tyler-Smith C, Carter NP, Aburatani H, Lee C, Jones KW, Scherer SW, Hurles ME. Global variation in copy number in the human genome. Nature. 2006 Nov 23;444(7118):444-54.
  48. Dierssen M, Gratacos M, Sahun I, Martin M, Gallego X, Amador-Arjona A, Martinez de Lagran M, Murtra P, Marti E, Pujana MA, Ferrer I, Dalfo E, Martinez-Cue C, Florez J, Torres-Peraza JF, Alberch J, Maldonado R, Fillat C, Estivill X. Transgenic mice overexpressing the full-length neurotrophin receptor TrkC exhibit increased catecholaminergic neuron density in specific brain areas and increased anxiety-like behavior and panic reaction. Neurobiol Dis. 2006 Nov;24(2):403-18.
  49. Cellini E, Nacmias B, Brecelj-Anderluh M, Badia-Casanovas A, Bellodi L, Boni C, Di Bella D, Estivill X, Fernandez-Aranda F, Foulon C, Friedel S, Gabrovsek M, Gorwood P, Gratacos M, Guelfi J, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Holliday J, Hu X, Karwautz A, Kipman A, Komel R, Rotella CM, Ribases M, Ricca V, Romo L, Tomori M, Treasure J, Wagner G, Collier DA, Sorbi S. Case-control and combined family trios analysis of three polymorphisms in the ghrelin gene in European patients with anorexia and bulimia nervosa. Psychiatr Genet. 2006 Apr;16(2):51-2.
  50. Ribases M, Gratacos M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Bellodi L, Boni C, Anderluh M, Cristina Cavallini M, Cellini E, Di Bella D, Erzegovesi S, Foulon C, Gabrovsek M, Gorwood P, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Holliday J, Hu X, Karwautz A, Kipman A, Komel R, Nacmias B, Remschmidt H, Ricca V, Sorbi S, Tomori M, Wagner G, Treasure J, Collier DA, Estivill X. Association of BDNF with restricting anorexia nervosa and minimum body mass index: a family-based association study of eight European populations. Eur J Hum Genet. 2005 Apr;13(4):428-34.
  51. Ribases M, Gratacos M, Badia A, Jimenez L, Solano R, Vallejo J, Fernandez-Aranda F, Estivill X. Contribution of NTRK2 to the genetic susceptibility to anorexia nervosa, harm avoidance and minimum body mass index. Mol Psychiatry. 2005 Sep;10(9):851-60.
  52. Ribases M, Gratacos M, Fernandez-Aranda F, Bellodi L, Boni C, Anderluh M, Cavallini MC, Cellini E, Di Bella D, Erzegovesi S, Foulon C, Gabrovsek M, Gorwood P, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Holliday J, Hu X, Karwautz A, Kipman A, Komel R, Nacmias B, Remschmidt H, Ricca V, Sorbi S, Wagner G, Treasure J, Collier DA, Estivill X. Association of BDNF with anorexia, bulimia and age of onset of weight loss in six European populations. Hum Mol Genet. 2004 Jun 15;13(12):1205-12.
  53. Gabrovsek M, Brecelj-Anderluh M, Bellodi L, Cellini E, Di Bella D, Estivill X, Fernandez-Aranda F, Freeman B, Geller F, Gratacos M, Haigh R, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Holliday J, Hu X, Karwautz A, Nacmias B, Ribases M, Remschmidt H, Komel R, Sorbi S, Tomori M, Treasure J, Wagner G, Zhao J, Collier DA. Combined family trio and case-control analysis of the COMT Val158Met polymorphism in European patients with anorexia nervosa. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2004 Jan 1;124B(1):68-72.
  54. Ribases M, Gratacos M, Armengol L, de Cid R, Badia A, Jimenez L, Solano R, Vallejo J, Fernandez F, Estivill X. Met66 in the brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) precursor is associated with anorexia nervosa restrictive type. Mol Psychiatry. 2003 Aug;8(8):745-51.
  55. Domschke K, Kuhlenbaumer G, Schirmacher A, Lorenzi C, Armengol L, DiBella D, Gratacos M, Garritsen HS, Nothen MM, Franke P, Sand P, Fritze J, Perez G, Maier W, Sibrowski W, Estivill X, Bellodi L, Ringelstein EB, Arolt V, Martin-Santos R, Catalano M, Stogbauer F, Deckert J. Human nuclear transcription factor gene CREM: genomic organization, mutation screening, and association analysis in panic disorder. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2003 Feb;117B(1):70-8.
  56. 30.  Pujana MA, Nadal M, Guitart M, Armengol L, Gratacos M, Estivill X. Human chromosome 15q11-q14 regions of rearrangements contain clusters of LCR15 duplicons. Eur J Hum Genet. 2002 Jan;10(1):26-35.
  57. Gorwood P, Ades J, Bellodi L, Cellini E, Collier DA, Di Bella D, Di Bernardo M, Estivill X, Fernandez-Aranda F, Gratacos M, Hebebrand J, Hinney A, Hu X, Karwautz A, Kipman A, Mouren-Simeoni MC, Nacmias B, Ribases M, Remschmidt H, Ricca V, Rotella CM, Sorbi S, Treasure J. The 5-HT(2A) -1438G/A polymorphism in anorexia nervosa: a combined analysis of 316 trios from six European centres. Mol Psychiatry. 2002;7(1):90-4.
  58. Dierssen M, Fotaki V, Martinez de Lagran M, Gratacos M, Arbones M, Fillat C, Estivill X. Neurobehavioral development of two mouse lines commonly used in transgenic studies. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2002 Aug;73(1):19-25.
  59. Armengol L, Gratacos M, Pujana MA, Ribases M, Martin-Santos R, Estivill X. 5′ UTR-region SNP in the NTRK3 gene is associated with panic disorder. Mol Psychiatry. 2002;7(9):928-30.
  60. Pujana MA, Nadal M, Gratacos M, Peral B, Csiszar K, Gonzalez-Sarmiento R, Sumoy L, Estivill X. Additional complexity on human chromosome 15q: identification of a set of newly recognized duplicons (LCR15) on 15q11-q13, 15q24, and 15q26. Genome Res. 2001 Jan;11(1):98-111.
  61. Gratacos M, Nadal M, Martin-Santos R, Pujana MA, Gago J, Peral B, Armengol L, Ponsa I, Miro R, Bulbena A, Estivill X. A polymorphic genomic duplication on human chromosome 15 is a susceptibility factor for panic and phobic disorders. Cell. 2001 Aug 10;106(3):367-79.
  62. Sumoy L, Carim L, Escarceller M, Nadal M, Gratacos M, Pujana MA, Estivill X, Peral B. HMG20A and HMG20B map to human chromosomes 15q24 and 19p13.3 and constitute a distinct class of HMG-box genes with ubiquitous expression. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 2000;88(1-2):62-7.
  63. Pujana MA, Corral J, Gratacos M, Combarros O, Berciano J, Genis D, Banchs I, Estivill X, Volpini V. Spinocerebellar ataxias in Spanish patients: genetic analysis of familial and sporadic cases. The Ataxia Study Group. Hum Genet. 1999 Jun;104(6):516-22.
  64. Roig M, Fargas A, Gratacos M, Roma J. [Role of the extracellular matrix in X-chromosome-linked muscular dystrophy: immunohistochemical study]. Rev Neurol. 1998 Jun;26(154):895-904.
  65. Pujana MA, Volpini V, Gratacos M, Corral J, Banchs I, Sanchez A, Genis D, Cervera C, Estivill X. Uncloned expanded CAG/CTG repeat sequences in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) detected by the repeat expansion detection (RED) method. J Med Genet. 1998 Feb;35(2):99-102.
  66. Carratala F, Galan F, Moya M, Estivill X, Pritchard MA, Llevadot R, Nadal M, Gratacos M. A patient with autistic disorder and a 20/22 chromosomal translocation. Dev Med Child Neurol. 1998 Jul;40(7):492-5.
  67. Pujana MA, Gratacos M, Corral J, Banchs I, Sanchez A, Genis D, Cervera C, Volpini V, Estivill X. Polymorphisms at 13 expressed human sequences containing CAG/CTG repeats and analysis in autosomal dominant cerebellar ataxia (ADCA) patients. Hum Genet. 1997 Nov;101(1):18-21.
  68. Bulbena A, Martin-Santos R, Porta M, Duro JC, Gago J, Sangorrin J, Gratacos M. Somatotype in panic patients. Anxiety. 1996;2(2):80-5.

 
 
 

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