Different gene sets contribute to different symptom dimensions of depression and anxiety

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 159 B, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 519-528

  van Veen, Tineke ^a   Goeman, Jelle J ^a   Monajemi, Ramin ^a   Wardenaar, Klaas J ^a   Hartman, Catharina A ^b   Snieder, Harold ^b   Nolte, Ilja M ^b   Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a,b,c   Zitman, Frans G ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

GWAS; MDD; Pathway; Tripartite model

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANHEDONIA; ANHEDONIC DEPRESSION; ANXIETY DISORDER; ANXIOUS AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CYTOSKELETON; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DSM-IV; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD AND ANXIETY SYMPTOMS QUESTIONNAIRE; NERVE DEGENERATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84861938923     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.32058     Document Type: Article

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