Genetic variation in the schizophrenia-risk gene neuregulin1 correlates with personality traits in healthy individuals

European Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 344-349

  Krug, Axel ^a   Markov, Valentin ^a   Leube, Dirk ^a   Zerres, Klaus ^a   Eggermann, Thomas ^a   Nöthen, Markus M ^b   Skowronek, Markus H ^c   Rietschel, Marcella ^c   Kircher, Tilo ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Genotype; NEO FFI; Neuregulin; NRG1; Personality traits

Indexed keywords

NEU DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NRG1 GENE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUREGULIN-1; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 47749144760     PISSN: 09249338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpsy.2008.03.004     Document Type: Article

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