Genetic variation in GABRA2 moderates peer influence on externalizing behavior in adolescents

Brain and Behavior

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 833-840

  Villafuerte, Sandra ^a,b   Trucco, Elisa M ^a,c   Heitzeg, Mary M ^a,c   Burmeister, Margit ^a,b,d   Zucker, Robert A ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

GABRA2; Adolescence; Externalizing; Gene environment interaction; Peer delinquency

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR ALPHA2 GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELINQUENCY; DISEASE CARRIER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RULE BREAKING BEHAVIOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; GENETICS; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; GABRA2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGGRESSION; ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LINEAR MODELS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A;

EID: 84911392954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21623279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/brb3.291     Document Type: Article

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