Predicting post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans: Interaction oftraumatic load with COMT gene variation

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1849-1856

  Clark, Rachel ^a   DeYoung, Colin G ^a   Sponheim, Scott R ^a,b,c   Bender, Tricia L ^b   Polusny, Melissa A ^b,c,d   Erbes, Christopher R ^b,c   Arbisi, Paul A ^a,b,c  

^a University of Minnesota Psychology Department   (United States)

^b Minneapolis VA Healthcare System   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Center for Chronic Disease Outcomes Research   (United States)

Author keywords

COMT; GxE interaction; Internalizing; PTSD; Veterans

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VETERAN;

COMT; GXE INTERACTION; INTERNALIZING; PTSD; VETERANS;

ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84886095397     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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