A genome-wide association study of post-traumatic stress disorder identifies the retinoid-related orphan receptor alpha (RORA) gene as a significant risk locus

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 937-942

  Logue, M W ^a,b   Baldwin, C ^a   Guffanti, G ^c   Melista, E ^a   Wolf, E J ^a,d   Reardon, A F ^d   Uddin, M ^e   Wildman, D ^e   Galea, S ^f   Koenen, K C ^f   Miller, M W ^a,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^d VA BOSTON HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

genome wide association; post traumatic stress disorder; RORA

Indexed keywords

RETINOID RELATED ORPHAN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPROTECTION; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR SUBFAMILY 1, GROUP F, MEMBER 1; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 84881161107     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: 14765578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/mp.2012.113     Document Type: Article

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