Interaction between stress and the BDNFVal66Met polymorphism in depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis

GM Hosang, C Shiles, KE Tansey, P McGuffin, R Uher - BMC medicine, 2014 - Springer
Background Major depression is a disabling psychiatric illness with complex origins. Life
stress (childhood adversity and recent stressful events) is a robust risk factor for depression …

The motivated gatekeeper of our minds: New directions in need for closure theory and research

A Roets, AW Kruglanski, M Kossowska, A Pierro… - … in experimental social …, 2015 - Elsevier
For over three decades, the need for closure (NFC) construct has played a pivotal role in
research programs addressing the motivational underpinnings of knowledge formation …

Developmental timing of polyvictimization: Continuity, change, and association with adverse outcomes in adolescence

CB Dierkhising, JD Ford, C Branson, DJ Grasso… - Child Abuse & …, 2019 - Elsevier
Children who experience polyvictimization (ie, exposure to multiple and varied traumatic
stressors) are at heightened risk for psychopathology. While polyvictims generally have …

Polygenic interactions with environmental adversity in the aetiology of major depressive disorder

N Mullins, RA Power, HL Fisher… - Psychological …, 2016 - cambridge.org
BackgroundMajor depressive disorder (MDD) is a common and disabling condition with well-
established heritability and environmental risk factors. Gene–environment interaction …

Effect of polygenic risk scores on depression in childhood trauma

WJ Peyrot, Y Milaneschi, A Abdellaoui… - The British Journal of …, 2014 - cambridge.org
BackgroundResearch on gene× environment interaction in major depressive disorder
(MDD) has thus far primarily focused on candidate genes, although genetic effects are …

The reciprocal interaction between serotonin and social behaviour

D Kiser, B SteemerS, I Branchi, JR Homberg - … & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Serotonin (5-HT) is an ancient molecule directing behavioural responses to environmental
stimuli. The social environment is the most powerful environmental factor. It is well …

An update on the interaction between the serotonin transporter promoter variant (5-HTTLPR), stress and depression, plus an exploration of non-confirming findings

CF Sharpley, SKA Palanisamy, NS Glyde… - Behavioural brain …, 2014 - Elsevier
In the three years since the most recent meta-analysis of the association between the
serotonin transported promoter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR), stress and the development of …

Gene× environment interactions: from molecular mechanisms to behavior

T Halldorsdottir, EB Binder - Annual Review of Psychology, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Gene-by-environment interactions (G× Es) can provide important biological insights into
psychiatric disorders and may consequently have direct clinical implications. In this review …

In my end is my beginning: Developmental trajectories of adverse childhood experiences to late-life suicide

NJ Sachs-Ericsson, NC Rushing, IH Stanley… - Aging & mental …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: Converging evidence suggests that the sequelae of adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs) including childhood abuse (eg, sexual, physical, emotional/verbal …

DNA methylation of the serotonin transporter gene in peripheral cells and stress-related changes in hippocampal volume: a study in depressed patients and healthy …

L Booij, M Szyf, A Carballedo, EM Frey, D Morris… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Serotonin plays an important role in the etiology of depression. Serotonin is also crucial for
brain development. For instance, animal studies have demonstrated that early disruptions in …