Article
Gene-by-environment (serotonin transporter and childhood maltreatment) interaction for anxiety sensitivity, an intermediate phenotype for anxiety disorders.
Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology - 1 Jan 2008
Stein Murray B, Schork Nicholas J, Gelernter Joel
Abstract excerpt
Anxiety sensitivity (AS) is a dispositional characteristic that predisposes to the development of anxiety disorders (eg, panic and post-traumatic stress disorder) and major depression. AS is subject to genetic and environmental influences, the former as yet unidentified and the latter known to in...
Topics
- Adult
- Anxiety
- Child
- Child Abuse
- Environment
- Ethnicity
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Regression Analysis
- Serotonin Plasma Membrane Transport Proteins
- Surveys and Questionnaires
