PTSD and gene variants: New pathways and new thinking

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 628-637

  Skelton, Kelly ^a,b   Ressler, Kerry J ^b,c   Norrholm, Seth D ^a,b   Jovanovic, Tanja ^b   Bradley Davino, Bekh ^a,b  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Behavior; FKBP5; Gene environment; Genetic; Psychiatry; Trauma

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; SEROTONIN;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; CONDITIONING; D2 DOPAMINE RECEPTOR GENE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DNA MODIFICATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EPIGENETICS; FKBP5 GENE; FRONTAL CORTEX; GAMMA AMINOBUTYRIC ACID ALPHA 2 RECEPTOR GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INHERITANCE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; LOCUS CERULEUS; NONHUMAN; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR GENE;

GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84855910945     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: 18737064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2011.02.013     Document Type: Review

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