Dopamine-system genes, childhood abuse, and clinical manifestations in women with Bulimia-spectrum Disorders

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1139-1145

  Groleau, Patricia ^a,b,c   Steiger, Howard ^a,b,c   Joober, Ridha ^b,c   Bruce, Kenneth R ^a,b,c   Israel, Mimi ^a,b,c   Badawi, Ghislaine ^a,b,c   Zeramdini, Nadia ^c   Sycz, Lindsay ^a,c  

^a DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bulimia nervosa; Childhood maltreatment; Dopamine; Gene environment interaction; Genes; Psychopathology

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BULIMIA; CHILD ABUSE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPULSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EMOTIONAL ABUSE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSATION SEEKING;

EID: 84864385552     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2012.05.018     Document Type: Article

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