The CRHR1 gene, trauma exposure, and alcoholism risk: A test of G × E effects

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 361-369

  Ray, L A ^a   Sehl, M ^a   Bujarski, S ^a   Hutchison, K ^b   Blaine, S ^b   Enoch, M A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Corticotropin releasing hormone; CRHR1; Genetics; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84878650335     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12032     Document Type: Article

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