A review of psychiatric genetics research in the Brazilian population

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 154-162

  Cordeiro, Quirino ^a   Souza, Bruno Rezende ^b   Correa, Humberto ^b   Guindalini, Camila ^c   Hutz, Mara Helena ^d   Vallada, Homero ^a   Romano Silva, Marco Aurélio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Genetic research; Population; Psychiatry; Review

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL DEHYDROGENASE 4; AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; ANGIOTENSINOGEN; ARACHIDONATE 12 LIPOXYGENASE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 1 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 3 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR KINASE 3; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; METHYLPHENIDATE; NOTCH2 RECEPTOR; NOTCH3 RECEPTOR; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2 GROUP IV; RGS4 PROTEIN; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALCOHOLISM; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAZIL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNICITY; FUNDING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOGENESIS; PATHOLOGICAL GAMBLING; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

BRAZIL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRY; RESEARCH SUPPORT AS TOPIC;

EID: 67650559193     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462009000200013     Document Type: Review

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