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  1. Cocaine, Genes, and Violent Behaviors

    This chapter encompasses the relationship between violence, cocaine use, and the genetics behind both. Can our genome play a role in this problematic...
    Ana Miguel Fonseca Pego in Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence
    Living reference work entry 2023

  2. Cocaine, Genes, and Violent Behaviors

    This chapter encompasses the relationship between violence, cocaine use, and the genetics behind both. Can our genome play a role in this problematic...
    Ana Miguel Fonseca Pego in Handbook of Anger, Aggression, and Violence
    Reference work entry 2023

  3. Implications of Genetic Factors and Modifiers in Autism Spectrum Disorders: a Systematic Review

    Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental condition. Genetic, environmental, and epigenetic variables are all likely to have a...

    Shemaila Saleem, Syed Hamid Habib in Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
    Article 19 July 2022

  4. Dopamine

    Carolyn A. Doyle, Christopher J. McDougle in Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Reference work entry 2021

  5. Underlying Mechanisms of Restricted and Repetitive Behaviors Across Typical and Atypical Development

    Restricted and repetitive behaviors and interests (RRBI) are a core feature of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and occur across other...
    Mirko Uljarević, Darren Hedley, ... Susan R. Leekam in Repetitive and Restricted Behaviors and Interests in Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Chapter 2021

  6. Biological Markers for Outcome and Recovery in Schizophrenia

    Diagnosis, evaluating symptom changes, and prognosis in schizophrenia are primarily based on complete history, structured interviews, and rating...
    Damodharan Dinakaran, Vanteemar S. Sreeraj, Ganesan Venkatasubramanian in Schizophrenia Treatment Outcomes
    Chapter 2020

  7. Inclusion of the severe and enduring anorexia nervosa phenotype in genetics research: a scoping review

    Background

    Anorexia nervosa has one of the highest mortality rates of all mental illnesses. For those who survive, less than 70% fully recover, with...

    Sarah Ramsay, Kendra Allison, ... Sara M. Sarasua in Journal of Eating Disorders
    Article Open access 29 April 2024

  9. A literature review of dopamine in binge eating

    Objective

    Binge eating, a core diagnostic symptom in binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa, increases the risk of multiple physiological and...

    Yang Yu, Renee Miller, Susan W. Groth in Journal of Eating Disorders
    Article Open access 28 January 2022

  10. Executive Dysfunction Associated with Substance Abuse

    Executive dysfunction Executive dysfunction is prevalent in substance use disorder. Deficits in working memory,...
    Olga Inozemtseva, Edgar Mejía Núñez in Dysexecutive Syndromes
    Chapter 2019

  11. Motor Disturbance in ASD: A Pilot Study Showing Hypokinetic Behavior?

    Data supporting theoretical models linking autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to motor disturbance are inconclusive. In the present study, children and...

    M. A. L. Mostert-Kerckhoffs, A. E. Willems, ... W. G. Staal in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
    Article 31 October 2019

  12. Eine Übersicht über wichtige Kandidatengene in der Molekularen Psychologie

    In Kap. 5 werden beispielhaft einige Kandidatengene und deren Assoziation mit Persönlichkeitseigenschaften dargestellt. Zusätzlich wird anhand der...
    Christian Montag in Eine kurze Einführung in die Molekulare Psychologie
    Chapter 2018

  13. Pharmacogenetics of Pain: The Future of Personalized Medicine

    Physicians who treat chronic pain using opioids recognize that patients vary considerably in their responses to medications and painful stimuli. An...
    Lynn R. Webster in Handbook of Pain and Palliative Care
    Chapter 2018

  14. Smooth Eye Movements in Humans: Smooth Pursuit, Optokinetic Nystagmus and Vestibular Ocular Reflex

    Smooth pursuit eye movements (SPEM), optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) and the vestibular ocular reflex (VOR) enable us to focus our eyes constantly on...
    Rebekka Lencer, Andreas Sprenger, Peter Trillenberg in Eye Movement Research
    Chapter 2019

  16. Pharmacotherapy

    The practice of pharmacotherapy involves biological, psychological, and social factors. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has reported...
    Cheryl S. Al-Mateen, Sandra J. Mullen, Jessica K. Malloy in Handbook of Mental Health in African American Youth
    Chapter 2016

  17. Anatomy and Function of the Direct and Indirect Striatal Pathways

    The striatum is known as the input structure of the basal ganglia because it integrates prominent inputs from several regions of the cerebral cortex...
    Jean-Jacques Soghomonian in The Basal Ganglia
    Chapter 2016

  18. Communality between Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Autism Spectrum Disorders

    Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a chronic and disabling anxiety disorder which affects approximately 1.5 % of the population. The average age...
    Susanne Bejerot, Abraham Weizman, Ruth Gross-Isseroff in Comprehensive Guide to Autism
    Reference work entry 2014

  19. Schizophrenia and Bipolar Disorder

    Research into the genetic basis of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is advancing rapidly. In quantitative genetics, the evidence for substantial...
    Alastair G. Cardno, Edward Pepper in Behavior Genetics of Psychopathology
    Chapter 2014

  20. Dopamine

    Carolyn A. Doyle, Christopher J. McDougle in Encyclopedia of Autism Spectrum Disorders
    Reference work entry 2013
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