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Genetic approaches to the study of anxiety.
Annual review of neuroscience - 1 Jan 2004
Gordon Joshua A, Hen Rene
Abstract excerpt
Anxiety and its disorders have long been known to be familial. Recently, genetic approaches have been used to clarify the role of heredity in the development of anxiety and to probe its neurobiological underpinnings. Twin studies have shown that a significant proportion of the liability to develop any given anxiety disorder is due to genetic factors. Ongoing efforts to map anxiety-related loci in both animals and...
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