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Investigating Causality Between Blood Metabolites and Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Traumatic Stress: a Mendelian Randomization Study.
Molecular neurobiology - 1 Mar 2020
Carvalho Carolina Muniz, Wendt Frank R, Stein Dan J, Stein Murray B, Gelernter Joel, Belangero Sintia I, Polimanti Renato
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To investigate the causal relationship between blood metabolites and traits related to trauma-response, we combined genome-wide and metabolome-wide datasets generated from large-scale cohorts. Five trauma-response traits ascertained in the UK Biobank (52,816 < N < 117,900 individuals) were considered: (i) "Avoided activities/situations because of previous stressful experience" (Avoidance); (ii) "Felt distant from...
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