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Common genetic origins for EEG, alcoholism and anxiety: the role of CRH-BP.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2008
Enoch Mary-Anne, Shen Pei-Hong, Ducci Francesca, Yuan Qiaoping, Liu Jixia, White Kenneth V, Albaugh Bernard, Hodgkinson Colin A, Goldman David
Abstract excerpt
The resting EEG is a dynamic index of cortical activation, cognitive function and consciousness and is therefore an intermediate phenotype for many behaviors in which arousal is implicated such as anxiety and alcoholism. We performed a dense whole genome linkage scan using 3878 unlinked SNPs in a large pedigree derived from a population isolate sample of 328 Plains American Indians. Alpha (8-13 Hz), theta (4-8...
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