User:Diego Forero

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Diego Forero

• Diego Forero, MD, PhD(c)
• National University of Colombia
• Bogotá, Colombia
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I work in the Neurosciences Research Group at National University of Colombia and I am editor of hum.molgen.org. I find the openwetware concept quite interesting.

Education

• 2009, PhD, University of Antwerp
• 2003, MD, National University of Colombia

Research interests

1. Molecular genetics and genomics of neuropsychiatric disorders

Publications

1. Forero DA, Arboleda GH, Vasquez R, and Arboleda H. Candidate genes involved in neural plasticity and the risk for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: a meta-analysis of 8 common variants. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2009 Sep;34(5):361-6.
2. Alaerts M, Ceulemans S, Forero D, Moens LN, De Zutter S, Heyrman L, Lenaerts AS, Norrback KF, De Rijk P, Nilsson LG, Goossens D, Adolfsson R, and Del-Favero J. Support for NRG1 as a susceptibility factor for schizophrenia in a northern Swedish isolated population. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2009 Aug;66(8):828-37. DOI:10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2009.82 |
3. Alaerts M, Ceulemans S, Forero D, Moens LN, De Zutter S, Heyrman L, Lenaerts AS, Norrback KF, Goossens D, De Rijk P, Nilsson LG, Adolfsson R, and Del-Favero J. Detailed analysis of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) shows no association with bipolar disorder in the Northern Swedish population. Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2009 Jun 5;150B(4):585-92. DOI:10.1002/ajmg.b.30853 |
4. Forero DA, Casadesus G, Perry G, and Arboleda H. Synaptic dysfunction and oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease: emerging mechanisms. J Cell Mol Med. 2006 Jul-Sep;10(3):796-805. DOI:10.1111/j.1582-4934.2006.tb00439.x |
5. Forero DA, Pinzón J, Arboleda GH, Yunis JJ, Alvarez C, Cataño N, and Arboleda H. Analysis of common polymorphisms in angiotensin-converting enzyme and apolipoprotein e genes and human longevity in Colombia. Arch Med Res. 2006 Oct;37(7):890-4. DOI:10.1016/j.arcmed.2006.04.001 |
6. Forero DA, Benítez B, Arboleda G, Yunis JJ, Pardo R, and Arboleda H. Analysis of functional polymorphisms in three synaptic plasticity-related genes (BDNF, COMT AND UCHL1) in Alzheimer's disease in Colombia. Neurosci Res. 2006 Jul;55(3):334-41. DOI:10.1016/j.neures.2006.04.006 |
7. Forero DA, Arboleda G, Yunis JJ, Pardo R, and Arboleda H. Association study of polymorphisms in LRP1, tau and 5-HTT genes and Alzheimer's disease in a sample of Colombian patients. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2006 Sep;113(9):1253-62. DOI:10.1007/s00702-005-0388-z |

Useful links

http://www.daforerog.co.cc/ http://hum-molgen.org/NewsGen/editors.html