Polymorphic variation in the dopamine D4 receptor predicts delay discounting as a function of childhood socioeconomic status: Evidence for differential susceptibility

Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 499-508

  Sweitzer, Maggie M ^a   Halder, Indrani ^a   Flory, Janine D ^b   Craig, Anna E ^c   Gianaros, Peter J ^a   Ferrell, Robert E ^d   Manuck, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood socioeconomic status; Delay discounting; Differential susceptibility; DRD4; Gene environment interaction; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DECISION MAKING; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRD4; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; COGNITION DISORDERS;

CHILDHOOD SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; DELAY DISCOUNTING; DIFFERENTIAL SUSCEPTIBILITY; DRD4; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; IMPULSIVITY;

ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84879547389     PISSN: 17495016     EISSN: 17495024     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/scan/nss020     Document Type: Article

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