Article
First genome-wide association study on anxiety-related behaviours in childhood.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2013
Trzaskowski Maciej, Eley Thalia C, Davis Oliver S P, Doherty Sophia J, Hanscombe Ken B, Meaburn Emma L, Haworth Claire M A, Price Thomas, Plomin Robert
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Twin studies have shown that anxiety in a general population sample of children involves both domain-general and trait-specific genetic effects. For this reason, in an attempt to identify genes responsible for these effects, we investigated domain-general and trait-specific genetic associations in the first genome-wide association (GWA) study on anxiety-related behaviours (ARBs) in childhood. METHODS:...
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