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- Substance-specific and shared transcription and epigenetic changes in the human hippocampus chronically exposed to cocaine and alcohol. Zhou Z, Yuan Q, Mash DC, Goldman D. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Apr 19;108(16):6626-31.
- MicroRNA-Driven Developmental Remodeling in the Brain Distinguishes Humans from Other Primates. Somel M, Liu X, Tang L, Yan Z, Hu H, Guo S, Jiang X, Zhang X, Xu G, Xie G, Li N, Hu Y, Chen W, Pääbo S, Khaitovich P. PLoS Biol. 2011 Dec;9(12):e1001214.
- Genome-wide association study of comorbid depressive syndrome and alcohol dependence. Edwards AC, Aliev F, Bierut LJ, Bucholz KK, Edenberg H, Hesselbrock V, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Nurnberger JI Jr, Schuckit MA, Porjesz B, Dick DM.Psychiatr Genet. 2012 Feb;22(1):31-41.
- ADH1B is associated with alcohol dependence and alcohol consumption in populations of European and African ancestry. Bierut LJ, Goate AM, Breslau N, Johnson EO, Bertelsen S, Fox L, Agrawal A, Bucholz KK, Grucza R, Hesselbrock V, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Nurnberger J, Porjesz B, Saccone NL, Schuckit M, Tischfield J, Wang JC, Foroud T, Rice JP, Edenberg HJ. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Oct 4. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.124.
- CYP2B6 SNPs are associated with methadone dose required for effective treatment of opioid addiction. Levran O, Peles E, Hamon S, Randesi M, Adelson M, Kreek MJ. Addict Biol. 2011 Jul 25. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00349.x.
- The AVPR1A gene and substance use disorders: association, replication, and functional evidence. Maher BS, Vladimirov VI, Latendresse SJ, Thiselton DL, McNamee R, Kang M, Bigdeli TB, Chen X, Riley BP, Hettema JM, Chilcoat H, Heidbreder C, Muglia P, Murrelle EL, Dick DM, Aliev F, Agrawal A, Edenberg HJ, Kramer J, Nurnberger J, Tischfield JA, Devlin B, Ferrell RE, Kirillova GP, Tarter RE, Kendler KS, Vanyukov MM. Biol Psychiatry. 2011 Sep 15;70(6):519-27.
- Further evidence for association of polymorphisms in the CNR1 gene with cocaine addiction: confirmation in an independent sample and meta-analysis. Clarke TK, Bloch PJ, Ambrose-Lanci LM, Ferraro TN, Berrettini WH, Kampman KM, Dackis CA, Pettinati HM, O'Brien CP, Oslin DW, Lohoff FW. Addict Biol. 2011 Jul 25. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2011.00346.
- Multiple genes in the 15q13-q14 chromosomal region are associated with schizophrenia. Stephens SH, Franks A, Berger R, Palionyte M, Fingerlin TE, Wagner B, Logel J, Olincy A, Ross RG, Freedman R, Leonard S. Psychiatr Genet. 2012 Feb;22(1):1-14.
- The human epigenome browser at washington university. Zhou X, Maricque B, Xie M, Li D, Sundaram V, Martin EA, Koebbe BC, Nielsen C, Hirst M, Farnham P, Kuhn RM, Zhu J, Smirnov I, Kent WJ, Haussler D, Madden PA, Costello JF, Wang T. Nat Methods. 2011 Nov 29;8(12):989-90. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.1772.
- Genomic inflation factors under polygenic inheritance. Yang J, Weedon MN, Purcell S, Lettre G, Estrada K, Willer CJ, Smith AV, Ingelsson E, O'Connell JR, Mangino M, Mägi R, Madden PA, Heath AC, Nyholt DR, Martin NG, Montgomery GW, Frayling TM, Hirschhorn JN, McCarthy MI, Goddard ME, Visscher PM; GIANT Consortium. Eur J Hum Genet. 2011 Jul;19(7):807-12. doi: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.39.
- Genetic polymorphism in IL28B is associated with spontaneous clearance of hepatitis C virus genotype 4 infection in an Egyptian cohort. Kurbanov F, Abdel-Hamid M, Latanich R, Astemborski J, Mohamed M, Mikhail NM, El-Daly M, El-Kafrawy S, Thomas DL, Thio CL.J Infect Dis. 2011 Nov;204(9):1391-4.
- CXCL9 and CXCL10 chemokines as predictors of liver fibrosis in a cohort of primarily African-American injection drug users with chronic hepatitis C. Zeremski M, Dimova R, Astemborski J, Thomas DL, Talal AH. J Infect Dis. 2011 Sep 15;204(6):832-6.
- A genome-wide association study of DSM-IV cannabis dependence. Agrawal A, Lynskey MT, Hinrichs A, Grucza R, Saccone SF, Krueger R, Neuman R, Howells W, Fisher S, Fox L, Cloninger R, Dick DM, Doheny KF, Edenberg HJ, Goate AM, Hesselbrock V, Johnson E, Kramer J, Kuperman S, Nurnberger JI Jr, Pugh E, Schuckit M, Tischfield J; GENEVA Consortium, Rice JP, Bucholz KK, Bierut LJ. Addict Biol. 2011 Jul;16(3):514-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1369-1600.2010.00255.x.
- Gene-by-environment experiments: a new approach to finding the missing heritability. Van Ijzendoorn MH, Bakermans-Kranenburg MJ, Belsky J, Beach S, Brody G, Dodge KA, Greenberg M, Posner M, Scott S. Nat Rev Genet. 2011 Nov 18;12(12):881; author reply 881. doi: 10.1038/nrg2764-c1.
- Genome-Wide Association Study of Alcohol Dependence Implicates KIAA0040 on Chromosome 1q. Zuo L, Gelernter J, Zhang CK, Zhao H, Lu L, Kranzler HR, Malison RT, Li CS, Wang F, Zhang XY, Deng HW, Krystal JH, Zhang F, Luo X. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2012 Jan;37(2):581-2. doi: 10.1038/npp.2011.271.
- Genome-wide association analysis of coffee drinking suggests association with CYP1A1/CYP1A2 and NRCAM. Amin N, Byrne E, Johnson J, Chenevix-Trench G, Walter S, Nolte IM; kConFab Investigators, Vink JM, Rawal R, Mangino M, Teumer A, Keers JC, Verwoert G, Baumeister S, Biffar R, Petersmann A, Dahmen N, Doering A, Isaacs A, Broer L, Wray NR, Montgomery GW, Levy D, Psaty BM, Gudnason V, Chakravarti A, Sulem P, Gudbjartsson DF, Kiemeney LA, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, van Rooij FJ, Aulchenko YS, Hottenga JJ, Rivadeneira FR, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Hammond CJ, Shin SY, Ikram A, Witteman JC, Janssens AC, Snieder H, Tiemeier H, Wolfenbuttel BH, Oostra BA, Heath AC, Wichmann E, Spector TD, Grabe HJ, Boomsma DI, Martin NG, van Duijn CM. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Aug 30. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.101.
- Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption. Schumann G, Coin LJ, Lourdusamy A, Charoen P, Berger KH, Stacey D, Desrivières S, Aliev FA, Khan AA, Amin N, Aulchenko YS, Bakalkin G, Bakker SJ, Balkau B, Beulens JW, Bilbao A, de Boer RA, Beury D, Bots ML, Breetvelt EJ, Cauchi S, Cavalcanti-Proença C, Chambers JC, Clarke TK, Dahmen N, de Geus EJ, Dick D, Ducci F, Easton A, Edenberg HJ, Esko T, Fernández-Medarde A, Foroud T, Freimer NB, Girault JA, Grobbee DE, Guarrera S, Gudbjartsson DF, Hartikainen AL, Heath AC, Hesselbrock V, Hofman A, Hottenga JJ, Isohanni MK, Kaprio J, Khaw KT, Kuehnel B, Laitinen J, Lobbens S, Luan J, Mangino M, Maroteaux M, Matullo G, McCarthy MI, Mueller C, Navis G, Numans ME, Núñez A, Nyholt DR, Onland-Moret CN, Oostra BA, O'Reilly PF, Palkovits M, Penninx BW, Polidoro S, Pouta A, Prokopenko I, Ricceri F, Santos E, Smit JH, Soranzo N, Song K, Sovio U, Stumvoll M, Surakk I, Thorgeirsson TE, Thorsteinsdottir U, Troakes C, Tyrfingsson T, Tönjes A, Uiterwaal CS, Uitterlinden AG, van der Harst P, van der Schouw YT, Staehlin O, Vogelzangs N, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Waterworth DM, Whitfield JB, Wichmann EH, Willemsen G, Witteman JC, Yuan X, Zhai G, Zhao JH, Zhang W, Martin NG, Metspalu A, Doering A, Scott J, Spector TD, Loos RJ, Boomsma DI, Mooser V, Peltonen L, Stefansson K, van Duijn CM, Vineis P, Sommer WH, Kooner JS, Spanagel R, Heberlein UA, Jarvelin MR, Elliott P. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2011 Apr 26;108(17):7119-24.
- Sequence variants at CYP1A1-CYP1A2 and AHR associate with coffee consumption. Sulem P, Gudbjartsson DF, Geller F, Prokopenko I, Feenstra B, Aben KK, Franke B, den Heijer M, Kovacs P, Stumvoll M, Mägi R, Yanek LR, Becker LC, Boyd HA, Stacey SN, Walters GB, Jonasdottir A, Thorleifsson G, Holm H, Gudjonsson SA, Rafnar T, Björnsdottir G, Becker DM, Melbye M, Kong A, Tönjes A, Thorgeirsson T, Thorsteinsdottir U, Kiemeney LA, Stefansson K. Hum Mol Genet. 2011 May 15;20(10):2071-7.
- Evidence for multiple genetic factors underlying the DSM-IV criteria for alcohol dependence. Kendler KS, Aggen SH, Prescott CA, Crabbe J, Neale MC. Mol Psychiatry. 2011 Nov 22. doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.153.
- Psychometric and genetic architecture of substance use disorder and behavioral disinhibition measures for gene association studies. Hicks BM, Schalet BD, Malone SM, Iacono WG, McGue M. Behav Genet. 2011 Jul;41(4):459-75.
- Translational genetic approaches to substance use disorders: bridging the gap between mice and humans. Palmer AA, de Wit H. Hum Genet. 2011 Dec 15.
- Spatio-temporal transcriptome of the human brain. Kang HJ, Kawasawa YI, Cheng F, Zhu Y, Xu X, Li M, Sousa AM, Pletikos M, Meyer KA, Sedmak G, Guennel T, Shin Y, Johnson MB, Krsnik Z, Mayer S, Fertuzinhos S, Umlauf S, Lisgo SN, Vortmeyer A, Weinberger DR, Mane S, Hyde TM, Huttner A, Reimers M, Kleinman JE, Sestan N. Nature. 2011 Oct 26;478(7370):483-9. doi: 10.1038/nature10523.
- Pharmacogenomic study of side-effects for antidepressant treatment options in STAR*D. Clark SL, Adkins DE, Aberg K, Hettema JM, McClay JL, Souza RP, van den Oord EJ. Psychol Med. 2011 Nov 1:1-12. [Epub ahead of print]
- Comprehensive gene-based association study of a chromosome 20 linked region implicates novel risk Loci for depressive symptoms in psychotic illness. Bigdeli TB, Maher BS, Zhao Z, Oord EJ, Thiselton DL, Sun J, Webb BT, Amdur RL, Wormley B, O'Neill FA, Walsh D, Riley BP, Kendler KS, Fanous AH. PLoS One. 2011;6(12):e21440.
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