Genetic disorders

Genetic disorders

Genetic diseases, syndromes, or conditions caused by genetic variations and abnormalities in genes or chromosomes.

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dopamine

Health care; Genetic disorders

One of the catecholamine neurotransmitters in the brain; it is derived from tyrosine and is the precursor to norepinephrine and epinephrine; dopamine is a major transmitter in the extrapyramidal ...

gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)

Health care; Genetic disorders

The most common inhibitory neurotransmitter in the central nervous system.

arteries

Health care; Genetic disorders

The vessels carrying blood away from the heart.

mismatch repair mechanism

Health care; Genetic disorders

The DNA 'proof-reading' system controlled by certain genes that identifies, excises, and corrects errors in the pairing of the bases during DNA replication. Mutations in the genes responsible for ...

lewy bodies

Health care; Genetic disorders

Filamentous cytoplasmic inclusions of unknown pathogenesis in some brain areas; found in association with several disabling and dementing neurodegenerative disorders.

Highly reactive compounds produced when oxygen is reduced by a single electron. In biological systems, they may be generated during the normal catalytic function of a number of enzymes and during the ...

DNA repair

Health care; Genetic disorders

The reconstruction of a continuous two-stranded DNA molecule without mismatch from a molecule which contained damaged regions. The major repair mechanisms are excision repair, in which defective ...