Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank identifies variants in excitatory synaptic pathways

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BiobankPhenotypeGenome-wide association studyBiologyDepression (economics)Major depressive disorderGenetic associationGeneticsNeuroscienceExcitatory postsynaptic potentialGeneBioinformaticsSingle-nucleotide polymorphismGenotype

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Year: 2018
Type: article
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Pages: 1470-1470
Citations: 635
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                                    David M. Howard, 
                                
                                    Mark J. Adams, 
                                
                                    Masoud Shirali
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2018). 
                            Genome-wide association study of depression phenotypes in UK Biobank identifies variants in excitatory synaptic pathways. 
                            Nature Communications
                            , 9
                            (1)
                            , 1470-1470.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03819-3
                        

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03819-3