Genetic variants associated with subjective well-being, depressive symptoms, and neuroticism identified through genome-wide analyses

Nature Genetics

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 624-633

  Okbay, Aysu ^a,b,c   Baselmans, Bart M L ^d,e   De Neve, Jan Emmanuel ^f   Turley, Patrick ^g   Nivard, Michel G ^d   Fontana, Mark Alan ^h   Meddens, S Fleur W ^c,d,e   Linnér, Richard Karlsson ^c,d,e   Rietveld, Cornelius A ^a,b,c   Derringer, Jaime ⁱ   Gratten, Jacob ^j   Lee, James J ^k   Liu, Jimmy Z ^l   De Vlaming, Ronald ^a,b,c   SAhluwalia, Tarunveer ^m,n,o   Buchwald, Jadwiga ^p   Cavadino, Alana ^q,r   Frazier Wood, Alexis C ^s   Furlotte, Nicholas A ^t   Garfield, Victoria ^u   Geisel, Marie Henrike ^v   Gonzalez, Juan R ^w,x,y   Haitjema, Saskia ^z   Karlsson, Robert ^aa   Der Laan, Sander Wvan ^z   Ladwig, Karl Heinz ^ab,ac   Lahti, Jari ^p,ad   Van Der Lee, Sven J ^b   Lind, Penelope A ^ae   Liu, Tian ^af,ag   Matteson, Lindsay ^k   Mihailov, Evelin ^ah   Miller, Michael B ^k   CMinica, Camelia ^d   MNolte, Ilja ^ai   Mook Kanamori, Dennis ^aj,ak   Van Der Most, Peter J ^ai   Oldmeadow, Christopher ^al,am   Qian, Yong ^an   Raitakari, Olli ^ao,ap   Rawal, Rajesh ^ab   Realo, Anu ^aq,ar   Rueedi, Rico ^as,at   Schmidt, Börge ^v   Smith, Albert V ^au,av   Stergiakouli, Evie ^aw   Tanaka, Toshiko ^an   Taylor, Kent ^ax   Wedenoja, Juho ^p   Wellmann, Juergen ^ay   Westra, Harm Jan ^az   MWillems, Sara ^b   Zhao, Wei ^ba   Study, LifeLines Cohort ^ai   Amin, Najaf ^b   Bakshi, Andrew ^j   Boyle, Patricia A ^bb   Cherney, Samantha ^bc   Cox, Simon R ^bd   Davies, Gail ^bd   Davis, Oliver S P ^aw   Ding, Jun ^an   Direk, Nese ^b   Eibich, Peter ^be,bf   Emeny, Rebecca T ^ab,bg   Fatemifar, Ghazaleh ^u   Faul, Jessica D ^ba   Ferrucci, Luigi ^an   Forstner, Andreas ^bh   Gieger, Christian ^ab   Gupta, Richa ^p   Harris, Tamara B ^an   Harris, Juliette M ^bi   Holliday, Elizabeth G ^al,am   Hottenga, Jouke Jan ^d,e   De Jager, Philip L ^az,bj,bk   Kaakinen, Marika A ^bl,bm   Kajantie, Eero ^p,bn   Karhunen, Ville ^bm   Kolcic, Ivana ^bo   Kumari, Meena ^bp   Launer, Lenore J ^an   Franke, Lude ^ai   Li Gao, Ruifang ^aj   Koini, Marisa ^bq   Loukola, Anu ^p   Marques Vidal, Pedro ^br   Montgomery, Grant W ^ae   Mosing, Miriam A ^aa   Paternoster, Lavinia ^aw   Pattie, Alison ^bd   Petrovic, Katja E ^bq   Pulkki R'back, Laura ^p   Quaye, Lydia ^bi   R'ikkönen, Katri ^p   Rudan, Igor ^bs   Scott, Rodney J ^al,am   Smith, Jennifer A ^ba   Sutin, Angelina R ^an,bt   Trzaskowski, Maciej ^j,bo   Vinkhuyze, Anna E ^j   Yu, Lei ^bb   Zabaneh, Delilah ^bo   Attia, John R ^al,am   Bennett, David A ^bb   Berger, Klaus ^ay   Bertram, Lars ^bl,bu   Boomsma, Dorret I ^d,e,bv   Snieder, Harold ^ai   Chang, Shun Chiao ^bj   Cucca, Francesco ^bw   Deary, Ian J ^bd   Van Duijn, Cornelia M ^b   Eriksson, Johan G ^p,bn,bx   Bültmann, Ute ^ai   Geus, Eco J Cde ^d,e,bv   Groenen, Patrick J F ^c,by   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^au,av   Hansen, Torben ⁿ   Hartman, Catharine A ^ai   Haworth, Claire M A ^aw   Hayward, Caroline ^bz   Heath, Andrew C ^ca   Hinds, David A ^t   Hyppönen, Elina ^r,cb,cc   Iacono, William G ^k   J'rvelin, Marjo Riitta ^bl,bm,cd   Jöckel, Karl Heinz ^v   Kaprio, Jaakko ^p,bn   Kardia, Sharon L R ^ba   Keltikangas J'rvinen, Liisa ^p   Kraft, Peter ^ce   Kubzansky, Laura D ^ce   Lehtim'ki, Terho ^cf,cg   Magnusson, Patrik K E ^aa   Martin, Nicholas G ^ae   McGue, Matt ^k   Metspalu, Andres ^ah,aq   Mills, Melinda ^ch   De Mutsert, Renée ^aj   Oldehinkel, Albertine J ^by   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^z   Pedersen, Nancy L ^aa   Plomin, Robert ^bi   Polasek, Ozren ^bo   Power, Christine ^r,cc   Rich, Stephen S ^ci   Rosendaal, Frits R ^aj   Den Ruijter, Hester M ^z   Schlessinger, David ^an   Schmidt, Helena ^bq   Svento, Rauli ^cj   Schmidt, Reinhold ^bq   Alizadeh, Behrooz Z ^ai   SØrensen, Thorkild I A ^n,aw,ck   DSpector, Tim ^bi   Steptoe, Andrew ^u   Terracciano, Antonio ^an,bt   Thurik, A Roy ^a,c,cl,cm   Timpson, Nicholas J ^aw   Tiemeier, Henning ^b   Uitterlinden, André G ^b,c   Vollenweider, Peter ^br   Wagner, Gert G ^af,be,cn   Weir, David R ^ba   Yang, Jian ^j   Conley, Dalton C ^co   Smith, George Davey ^aw   Hofman, Albert ^b,ce   Johannesson, Magnus ^cp   Laibson, David I ^g   Medland, Sarah E ^ae   Meyer, Michelle N ^cq,cr   Pickrell, Joseph K ^l,cs   Esko, T'nu ^ah   Krueger, Robert F ^k   Beauchamp, Jonathan P ^g   Koellinger, Philipp D ^c,d,e   Benjamin, Daniel J ^h   Bartels, Meike ^d,e,bv   Cesarini, David ^ct,cu   more..

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^d VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^g HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^l NEW YORK GENOME CENTER   (United States)

^m UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

ⁿ University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^o STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^p UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^q QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^r SOUTH AUSTRALIAN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^s BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^t TangoMe Inc   (United States)

^u UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^v UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

^w CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^x UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^y CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^z UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^aa KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^ab INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^ac TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^ad Folkh'lsan Research Centre   (Finland)

^ae QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^af MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

^ag MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR GENETICS   (Germany)

^ah UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^ai UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

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^ao UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

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^at SWISS INSTITUTE OF BIOINFORMATICS   (Switzerland)

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^av UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^aw UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

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^bc RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^bd UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^be DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^bf UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^bg DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^bh UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^bi KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^bj HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^bk BROAD INSTITUTE OF MIT AND HARVARD   (United States)

^bl IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^bm UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^bn NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^bo UNIVERSITY OF SPLIT   (Croatia)

^bp UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^bq MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^br LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^bs UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^bt FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^bu UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^bv University of Lübeck ^*  (Netherlands)

^bw Milan Unit   (Italy)

^bx HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^by Erasmus University Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^bz UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^ca WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^cb UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^cc UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^cd OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^ce HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^cf FIMLAB LABORATORIES   (Finland)

^cg TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^ch UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^ci UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^cj UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^ck Centre for Health and Society   (Denmark)

^cl MONTPELLIER BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^cm Panteia   (Netherlands)

^cn TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^co PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^cp STOCKHOLM SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Sweden)

^cq CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^cr MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^cs Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DEPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PANCREATIC TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUBJECTIVE WELL BEING; WELLBEING; ANXIETY DISORDER; BAYES THEOREM; GENETICS;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; BAYES THEOREM; DEPRESSION; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84964388798     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3552     Document Type: Article

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