Association study between GABA receptor genes and anxiety spectrum disorders

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 998-1003

  Pham, Xuan ^a   Sun, Cuie ^a   Chen, Xiangning ^a   Van Den Oord, Edwin J C G ^c   Neale, Michael C ^a,b   Kendler, Kenneth S ^a,b   Hettema, John M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety disorder; Depressive disorder; GABA A receptors; Genetic association study; Neuroticism

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; CHROMOSOME 4P; CHROMOSOME BAND; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GABRA2 GENE; GABRA3 GENE; GABRA6 GENE; GABRG2 GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROSIS; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REGISTRIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350743113     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20628     Document Type: Conference Paper

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