Acronyms
ADHD Attention Decit Hyperactivity Disorder
AFM Association Francaise contre les Myopathies
CAG A triplet consisting of a sequence of three of the
fournucleotides that make up DNA: C (cytosine), A (adenine),and G
(guanine). Such triplets sometimes occur in re-peatsCAGCAGCAG
etc.and some diseases such asHuntingtons Disease occur when there
are an unusuallylarge number of such repeats. The so-called
geneticcode carried on molecules of DNA consists of tri-nucleo-tide
units made up of combinations of four bases: A (ade-nine), T
(thymine), C (cytosine), and G (guanine)
CAN Cure Autism Now
CHADD Children and Adults with
Attention-Decit/HyperactivityDisorder
CNS Central Nervous System
CSF Cerebro Spinal Fluid
DAN! Defeat Autism Now!
ECT Electro Convulsive Therapy
EEG Electroencephalogram
ELSI Ethical, Legal and Social Implications (an acronym
associ-ated in particular with the allocation of a small
propor-
ACRONYMS
tion of the funds from the Human Genome project to thestudy of
these implications of genetic sequencing)
FMRI Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging
GAD Generalized Anxiety Disorder
GAIC Genetics and Insurance Committee
HAP MAP Haplotype Mapping. The International HapMap Projectis a
partnership of scientists and funding agencies fromCanada, China,
Japan, Nigeria, the United Kingdom, andthe United States to develop
a public resource that willhelp researchers nd genes associated
with human diseaseand response to pharmaceuticals using a technique
knownas Haplotype Mapping (see http://www.hapmap.org/)
HD Huntingtons Disease
IP Intellectual Property
IVF In Vitro Fertilization
LSE London School of Economics and Political Science
MIND The current name of the U.K.s National Association
forMental Health
NAAR National Alliance for Autism Research
NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness
NGRI Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
OECD Organization for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment
PDA Personal Digital Assistant (a pocket or handheld comput-ing
device)
PET Positron Emission Tomography
PGD Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
PMDD Pre Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder
PXE Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum, an inherited disorder that
af-fects connective tissue in some parts of the body
RCT Randomized Controlled Trial
SANE Schizophrenia, A National Emergency (a U.K.-basedcharity
working in the area of mental health)
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ACRONYMS
SARS Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome
SNP Single Nucleotide Polymorphism
SNRI Serotonin-Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor
SPECT Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography
SSRI Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor (sometimes ex-panded
as Serotonin Selective Reuptake Inhibitor)
TMAP Texas Medication Algorithm Project
USAID United States Agency for International Development
WHO World Health Organization
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