Interaction between prenatal stress and dopamine D4 receptor genotype in predicting aggression and cortisol levels in young adults

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 231, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 3089-3097

  Buchmann, Arlette F ^a   Zohsel, Katrin ^a   Blomeyer, Dorothea ^a   Hohm, Erika ^a   Hohmann, Sarah ^a   Jennen Steinmetz, Christine ^a   Treutlein, Jens ^a   Becker, Katja ^b   Banaschewski, Tobias ^a   Schmidt, Martin H ^a   Esser, Günter ^c   Brandeis, Daniel ^a,e,f   Poustka, Luise ^a   Zimmermann, Ulrich S ^d   Laucht, Manfred ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cortisol; DRD4; Gene environment interaction; Prenatal stress

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRD4 GENE; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PREDICTION; PRENATAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; TRIER SOCIAL STRESS TEST; YOUNG ADULT SELF REPORT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETICS; GERMANY; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELES; COHORT STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84905011039     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: 14322072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00213-014-3484-7     Document Type: Article

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