Further genetic evidence implicates the vasopressin system in childhood-onset mood disorders

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1615-1619

  Dempster, Emma L ^a,b   Burcescu, Irina ^a   Wigg, Karen ^a   Kiss, Eniko ^c   Baji, Ildiko ^d   Gadoros, Julia ^d   Tamás, Zsuzsanna ^d   Kapornai, Krisztina ^c   Daróczy, Gabriella ^c   Kennedy, James L ^e   Vetró, Agnes ^c   Kovacs, Maria ^f   Barr, Cathy L ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^d Vadaskert Hospital   (Hungary)

^e CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depression; Genetic association; HPA axis; Mood disorders; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN V1B RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD ONSET MOOD DISORDER; CODING; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RODENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; ARGININE VASOPRESSIN; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 70350220730     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: 14609568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9568.2009.06930.x     Document Type: Article

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