Heritability and molecular genetic basis of electrodermal activity: A genome-wide association study

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1259-1271

  Vaidyanathan, Uma ^a   Isen, Joshua D ^a   Malone, Stephen M ^a   Miller, Michael B ^a   Mcgue, Matt ^a   Iacono, William G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrodermal activity; Genome wide association study; Habituation; Heritability; Molecular genetics; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; ENDOPHENOTYPE; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TWINS;

ADOLESCENT; ENDOPHENOTYPES; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TWINS;

EID: 84930332490     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12346     Document Type: Article

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