The Genetic Basis of Depression

Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-99

  Hodgson, Karen ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Copy number variants; Epistasis; Gene environment interactions; Genetic association; Genome wide association studies gwas; Heritability; Linkage; Quantitative genetics; Sequencing; Twin studies

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; FK 506 BINDING PROTEIN; GALANIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; METABOTROPIC RECEPTOR 7; SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SP4;

5HTTLPR GENE; ADCY3 GENE; APOE GENE; ARTICLE; ATP6V1B2 GENE; BDNF GENE; BICC1 GENE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CRHR1 GENE; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DSM-IV; FKBP5 GENE; GAL GENE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GNB3 GENE; GRM7 GENE; HERITABILITY; HTR2A GENE; HUMAN; ICD-10; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MTHFR GENE; NONHUMAN; NTRK2 GENE; PCLO GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLC6A3 GENE; SLC6A4 GENE; SP4 GENE;

ANIMALS; DEPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS;

EID: 84880075225     PISSN: 18663370     EISSN: 18663389     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/7854_2012_225     Document Type: Article

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