Using the high-risk family design to identify biomarkers for major depression

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 368, Issue 1615, 2013, Pages

  Talati, Ardesheer ^a,b   Weissman, Myrna M ^a,b,c   Hamilton, Steven P ^d  

^a Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Endophenotype; Genetics; High risk; Imaging; Major depressive disorder

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BRAIN; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HEALTH RISK; HERITABILITY; IMAGING METHOD; MEDICINE; MENTAL HEALTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; PUBLIC HEALTH; VULNERABILITY;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; SEROTONIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PEDIGREE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883868982     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0129     Document Type: Article

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