Associations between variants near a monoaminergic pathways gene (PHOX2B) and amygdala reactivity: A genome-wide functional imaging study

Twin Research and Human Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 273-285

  Ousdal, Olga Therese ^a,b   Brown, Andrew Anand ^a,b   Jensen, Jimmy ^a,b,c   Nakstad, Per H ^a   Melle, Ingrid ^a,b   Agartz, Ingrid ^a,b   Djurovic, Srdjan ^a,b   Bogdan, Ryan ^d   Hariri, Ahmad R ^d   Andreassen, Ole A ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Emotion; FMRI; GWAS; PHOX2B

Indexed keywords

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMEOBOX; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOAMINERGIC SYSTEM; PAIRED LIKE HOMEOBOX 2B GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AMYGDALA; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CATECHOLAMINES; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEROTONIN; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84871375615     PISSN: 18324274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/thg.2012.5     Document Type: Article

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