Beyond susceptibility. Behavioural genetics can advance our understanding of psychiatric disorders, but might not meet the expectations for new cures

EMBO Reports

Volumn 8, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Frazzetto, Giovanni ^a,b   Gross, Cornelius ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY EMBL   (Italy)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CD38 ANTIGEN; OXYTOCIN;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CHROMOSOME MARKER; DEPRESSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMPULSIVENESS; MENTAL DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TAY SACHS DISEASE;

BEHAVIOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS;

EID: 34548345802     PISSN: 1469221X     EISSN: 14693178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.embor.7401013     Document Type: Article

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