Search Results - "Bierut, L. J."
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Smoking cessation is associated with lower rates of mood/anxiety and alcohol use disorders
Published in Psychological medicine (01-09-2014)“…The psychological outcomes that accompany smoking cessation are not yet conclusive but positive outcomes could help to persuade quitting. We used data from the…”
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ADH1B is associated with alcohol dependence and alcohol consumption in populations of European and African ancestry
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-04-2012)“…A coding variant in alcohol dehydrogenase 1B ( ADH1B ) (rs1229984) that leads to the replacement of Arg48 with His48 is common in Asian populations and reduces…”
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Genetic variation in the CHRNA5 gene affects mRNA levels and is associated with risk for alcohol dependence
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-05-2009)“…Alcohol dependence frequently co-occurs with cigarette smoking, another common addictive behavior. Evidence from genetic studies demonstrates that alcohol…”
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A genome-wide association study of alcohol-dependence symptom counts in extended pedigrees identifies C15orf53
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-11-2013)“…Several studies have identified genes associated with alcohol-use disorders (AUDs), but the variation in each of these genes explains only a small portion of…”
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for personality
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-03-2012)“…Personality can be thought of as a set of characteristics that influence people's thoughts, feelings and behavior across a variety of settings. Variation in…”
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Genetic and environmental contributions to alcohol dependence risk in a national twin sample: consistency of findings in women and men
Published in Psychological medicine (01-11-1997)“…Genetic influences on alcoholism risk are well-documented in men, but uncertain in women. We tested for gender differences in genetic influences on, and…”
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Early sexual abuse and lifetime psychopathology: a co-twin-control study
Published in Psychological medicine (01-01-2000)“…This study was designed to determine lifetime prevalence of psychiatric disorders among twins who reported childhood sexual abuse (CSA), and to compare these…”
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Genetic differences in alcohol sensitivity and the inheritance of alcoholism risk
Published in Psychological medicine (01-09-1999)“…Substantial evidence exists for an important genetic contribution to alcohol dependence risk in women and men. It has been suggested that genetically…”
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Largest GWAS of PTSD (N=20 070) yields genetic overlap with schizophrenia and sex differences in heritability
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-03-2018)“…The Psychiatric Genomics Consortium-Posttraumatic Stress Disorder group (PGC-PTSD) combined genome-wide case–control molecular genetic data across 11…”
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Common biological networks underlie genetic risk for alcoholism in African‐ and European‐American populations
Published in Genes, brain and behavior (01-07-2013)“…Alcohol dependence (AD) is a heritable substance addiction with adverse physical and psychological consequences, representing a major health and economic…”
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Declines in prevalence of adolescent substance use disorders and delinquent behaviors in the USA: a unitary trend?
Published in Psychological medicine (01-07-2018)“…Downward trends in a number of adolescent risk behaviors including violence, crime, and drug use have been observed in the USA in recent years. It is unknown…”
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The genetic association between personality and major depression or bipolar disorder. A polygenic score analysis using genome-wide association data
Published in Translational psychiatry (18-10-2011)“…The relationship between major depressive disorder (MDD) and bipolar disorder (BD) remains controversial. Previous research has reported differences and…”
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Genome-wide association study across European and African American ancestries identifies a SNP in DNMT3B contributing to nicotine dependence
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-09-2018)“…Cigarette smoking is a leading cause of preventable mortality worldwide. Nicotine dependence, which reduces the likelihood of quitting smoking, is a heritable…”
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Evidence of CNIH3 involvement in opioid dependence
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-05-2016)“…Opioid dependence, a severe addictive disorder and major societal problem, has been demonstrated to be moderately heritable. We conducted a genome-wide…”
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Latent class and factor analysis of DSM-IV ADHD: a twin study of female adolescents
Published in Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (01-08-1998)“…In an attempt to validate the current DSM-IV criteria for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in females and to determine whether symptoms are…”
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Genome-wide association study identifies a novel locus for cannabis dependence
Published in Molecular psychiatry (01-05-2018)“…Despite moderate heritability, only one study has identified genome-wide significant loci for cannabis-related phenotypes. We conducted meta-analyses of…”
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Genome-wide meta-analysis reveals common splice site acceptor variant in CHRNA4 associated with nicotine dependence
Published in Translational psychiatry (06-10-2015)“…We conducted a 1000 Genomes–imputed genome-wide association study (GWAS) meta-analysis for nicotine dependence, defined by the Fagerström Test for Nicotine…”
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Nicotine dependence is associated with functional variation in FMO3, an enzyme that metabolizes nicotine in the brain
Published in The pharmacogenomics journal (01-01-2018)“…A common haplotype of the flavin-containing monooxygenase gene FMO3 is associated with aberrant mRNA splicing, a twofold reduction in in vivo nicotine…”
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Towards a molecular epidemiology of alcohol dependence: Analysing the interplay of genetic and environmental risk factors
Published in British journal of psychiatry (01-04-2001)“…Progress in identifying genetic factors protective against alcohol dependence (AlcD) requires a paradigm shift in psychiatric epidemiology. To integrate…”
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Multiple cholinergic nicotinic receptor genes affect nicotine dependence risk in African and European Americans
Published in Genes, brain and behavior (01-10-2010)“…Several independent studies show that the chromosome 15q25.1 region, which contains the CHRNA5–CHRNA3–CHRNB4 gene cluster, harbors variants strongly associated…”
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