CHRM2 variation predisposes to personality traits of agreeableness and conscientiousness

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 13, 2007, Pages 1557-1568

  Luo, Xingguang ^a,b   Kranzler, Henry R ^c   Zuo, Lingjun ^a,b   Zhang, Huiping ^a,b   Wang, Shuang ^d   Gelernter, Joel ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUSCARINIC M2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; RECEPTOR, MUSCARINIC M2; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34447328430     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddm104     Document Type: Article

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