Genomic Approaches to Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: The Psychiatric Genomic Consortium Initiative

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2018, Pages 831-839

  Nievergelt, Caroline M ^a,b   Ashley Koch, Allison E ^c   Dalvie, Shareefa ^g   Hauser, Michael A ^c   Morey, Rajendra A ^d   Smith, Alicia K ^e   Uddin, Monica ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Gene expression; Genetics; Imaging; Psychiatric Genomics Consortium (PGC); Systems biology

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DSM-5; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MENTAL PATIENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; PROCEDURES;

EPIGENOMICS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOMICS; HUMANS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 85044135244     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: 18732402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2018.01.020     Document Type: Review

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