Impact of variation in the BDNF gene on social stress sensitivity and the buffering impact of positive emotions: Replication and extension of a gene-environment interaction

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 930-938

  Van Winkel, Mark ^a,f   Peeters, Frenk ^a   van Winkel, Ruud ^a,b   Kenis, Gunter ^a   Collip, Dina ^a   Geschwind, Nicole ^a   Jacobs, Nele ^a,c   Derom, Catherine ^b   Thiery, Evert ^d   van Os, Jim ^a,e   Myin Germeys, Inez ^a   Wichers, Marieke ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^e KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f RIAGG Maastricht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

BDNF genotype; Experience sampling method (ESM); Gene environment interaction; Major depressive disorder (MDD); Positive emotions; Stress sensitivity

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOCIAL STRESS; COPING BEHAVIOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HETEROZYGOTE; MENTAL STRESS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AFFECT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84899836645     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: 18737862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2014.02.005     Document Type: Article

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