The Genetics of Depression: A Review

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 84-92

  Levinson, Douglas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; depressive disorders; genetic association; genetic linkage; genotype; neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; MONOAMINE; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANXIETY DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROBIOLOGY; NEUROPROTECTION; NEUROSIS; NEUROTOXICITY; NEUROTRANSMISSION; ONSET AGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; STRESS; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOGENIC MONOAMINES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS);

EID: 33745726353     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.08.024     Document Type: Review

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