Shared genetic factors influence amygdala volumes and risk for alcoholism

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 412-420

  Dager, Alecia D ^a,b   McKay, D Reese ^a,b   Kent, Jack W ^c   Curran, Joanne E ^c   Knowles, Emma ^a,b   Sprooten, Emma ^a,b   Göring, Harald H H ^c   Dyer, Thomas D ^c   Pearlson, Godfrey D ^a,b   Olvera, Rene L ^d   Fox, Peter T ^d,e   Lovallo, William R ^f   Duggirala, Ravi ^c   Almasy, Laura ^c   Blangero, John ^c   Glahn, David C ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF LIVING   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST FOUNDATION FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL USE DISORDER; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CORRELATION; HEREDITY; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICAN; NEUROIMAGING; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AMYGDALA; FAMILY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; RISK; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; AMYGDALA; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PLEIOTROPY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84926662174     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2014.187     Document Type: Article

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