Interacting effect of BDNF val66met polymorphism and stressful life events on adolescent depression

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 958-965

  Chen, J ^a   Li, X ^a   McGue, M ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BDNF Val66Met polymorphism; Depressive symptoms; Gene environment interaction; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; VALINE; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSION INVENTORY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LIFE EVENT CHECKLIST; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; ALLELE; CHINA; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZATION; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHILD; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; METHIONINE; NEURONAL PLASTICITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VALINE;

EID: 84876991849     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2012.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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