Genes and environment in understanding the diversity of human behavior and the pathogenesis of mental illness
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principal investigator :
Lourdes Fañanás - Bárbara Arias - Mar Fatjó Vilas - Araceli Rosa
lfananas@ub.edu
Department:
Unitat d'Antropologia, Departament de Biologia Animal. Institut de Biomedicina de la Universitat de Barcelona. CIBERSAM
Center:
Facultat de Biologia
Institution:
Universitat de Barcelona (UB)
Members: 11
Research lines:
Genetic basis and gene-environment interactions in functional psychoses (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depression).
Areas:
Central Nervous System Disorders
Neurotransmission
Development
Cognition
Keywords:
Schizophrenia, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depresion, Autism, gene-environment interaction, twin study, candidate genes, intermediate phenotypes, general population.
Publications:
FATJÓ-VILAS M, POMAROL-CLOTET E, SALVADOR R, MONTÉ GC, GOMAR JJ, SARRÓ S, ORTIZ-GIL J, AGUIRRE C, LANDÍN-ROMERO R, GUERRERO-PEDRAZA A, PAPIOL S, BLANCH J, MCKENNA PJ, FAÑANÁS L. (2012) Effect of the interleukin -1beta gene on dorsolateral prefrontal cortex function in schizophrenia: a genetic neuroimaging study. Biological Psychiatry 72(9):758-65
ARIAS B, FABBRI C, SERRETTI A, DRAGO A, MITJANS M, GASTÓ C, CATALÁN R, FAÑANÁS L. (2014) DISC1-TSNAX and DAOA genes in major depression and citalopram efficacy. Journal of Affective Disorders 168C:91-97
CÓRDOVA-PALOMERA A, ALEMANY S, FATJÓ-VILAS M, GOLDBERG X, LEZA JC, NENADIC I, FAÑANÁS L. (2014) Epigenetic signatures in IGF2 and related genes and their link to birth weight and working memory: a study based on informative MZ twins. PLOS One 9:e103639
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