Article
Towards a genetics of anxious temperament: from mice to men.
Acta psychiatrica Scandinavica. Supplementum - 1 Jan 1998
Gershenfeld H K, Paul S M
Abstract excerpt
An enduring question in the study of human personality is 'to what extent and how do genetic factors influence such personality constructs as "trait anxiety"?'. We selectively survey progress and obstacles in the genetic dissection of fear-like behavior, especially as it pertains to more constitu...
Topics
- Animals
- Anxiety Disorders
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Models, Genetic
- Personality
- Phenotype
- Temperament