PTSD and dopaminergic genes, DRD2 and DAT, in multigenerational families exposed to the Spitak earthquake

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 507-510

  Bailey, Julia N ^a,b   Goenjian, Armen K ^a,c   Noble, Ernest P ^a   Walling, David P ^c   Ritchie, Terry ^a   Goenjian, Haig A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c Collaborative Neuroscience Network ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

B category symptoms; DAT; DRD2; Heritability; PTSD

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARMENIA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARTHQUAKE; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; FAMILY HEALTH; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT;

DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; EARTHQUAKES; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT EXPANSION;

EID: 77955172419     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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