• A schizophrenia gene locus on chromosome 17q21 in a new set of families of mexican and central american ancestry: evidence from the NIMH genetics of schizophrenia in latino populations study 

      Escamilla, Michael; Hare, Elizabeth; Dassori, Albana; Peralta, Juan Manuel; Ontiveros, Humberto; Nicolini Sánchez, José Humberto; Medina, Rolando; Mendoza Rodríguez, Ricardo; Muñoz, Rodrigo; Almasy, Laura; Raventós Vorst, Henriette; Jerez, Álvaro (Am J Psychiatry 2009;166:442-449, 2009-02-02)
      The present study investigated a new set of families of Latin American ancestry in order to detect the location of genes predisposing to schizophrenia and related psychotic disorders. Method: A genome-wide scan was performed ...
    • Adjudicating Neurocognitive Endophenotypes for Schizophrenia 

      Burk, Gary; Estrada, Jose; Peralta, Juan Manuel; Meyenberg, Naxhielli; Barrett, Jennifer; Nicolini Sánchez, José Humberto; Escamilla, Michael; Glahn, David C.; Almasy, Laura; Blangero, John; Pereira Castro, Mariana; Raventós Vorst, Henriette (American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 144B:242–249 (2007), 2007-03-05)
      Although genetic influences on schizophrenia are well established, localization of the genes responsible for this illness has proven extremely difficult. Given evidence that genes predisposing to schizophrenia may be ...
    • Cefalea en racimos 

      Van Vliet, J. A.; Ferrani, M. D.; Peralta, Juan Manuel; Raventós Vorst, Henriette; Chaves Sell, Franz (Acta Médica Costarricense, Julio-Setiembre 2003, vol 45 (3) 97-101, 2003)
      La cefalea en racimos (CR) o “neuralgia de Horton”, es un tipo relativamente raro de cefalea que se presenta en forma de ataques y cuya severidad le ha dado el nombre de “dolor de cabeza suicida”. Debido a que la CR es una ...
    • Shared Genetic Factors Influence Risk for Bipolar Disorder and Alcoholism 

      Peralta, Juan Manuel; Almasy, Laura; Contreras Rojas, Javier; Pacheco Arce, Adriana; Escamilla, Michael; Raventós Vorst, Henriette; Glahn, David C.; Carmiol Del Valle, Nasdia (2014-06)
      Bipolar disorder and alcoholism have high rate comorbidity, with more than 50% of alcoholism occurrence in bipolar disorder. While there is evidence that both disorders are heritable, it is unclear if the same genetic ...