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January 6 2009

Original Articles

A SNAP25 promoter variant is associated with early-onset bipolar disorder and a high expression level in brain

B Etain, A Dumaine, F Mathieu, F Chevalier, C Henry, J-P Kahn, J Deshommes, F Bellivier, M Leboyer and S Jamain

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.148

Examination of the current top candidate genes for AD in a genome-wide association study

T M Feulner, S M Laws, P Friedrich, S Wagenpfeil, S H R Wurst, C Riehle, K A Kuhn, M Krawczak, S Schreiber, S Nikolaus, H Förstl, A Kurz and M Riemenschneider

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.141

Variations in tryptophan hydroxylase 2 linked to decreased serotonergic activity are associated with elevated risk for metabolic syndrome in depression

S Kloiber, M A Kohli, T Brueckl, S Ripke, M Ising, M Uhr, A Menke, P G Unschuld, S Horstmann, D Salyakina, B Muller-Myhsok, E B Binder, F Holsboer and S Lucae

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 6, 2009; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.142

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December 30 2008

Immediate Communication

Singleton deletions throughout the genome increase risk of bipolar disorder

D Zhang, L Cheng, Y Qian, N Alliey-Rodriguez, J R Kelsoe, T Greenwood, C Nievergelt, T B Barrett, R McKinney, N Schork, E N Smith, C Bloss, J Nurnberger, H J Edenberg, T Foroud, W Sheftner, W B Lawson, E A Nwulia, M Hipolito, W Coryell, J Rice, W Byerley, F McMahon, T G Schulze, W Berrettini, J B Potash, P L Belmonte, P P Zandi, M G McInnis, S Zöllner, D Craig, S Szelinger, D Koller, S L Christian, C Liu and E S Gershon

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.144

Original Article

Meta-analysis of 32 genome-wide linkage studies of schizophrenia

M Y M Ng, D F Levinson, S V Faraone, B K Suarez, L E DeLisi, T Arinami, B Riley, T Paunio, A E Pulver,  Irmansyah, P A Holmans, M Escamilla, D B Wildenauer, N M Williams, C Laurent, B J Mowry, L M Brzustowicz, M Maziade, P Sklar, D L Garver, G R Abecasis, B Lerer, M D Fallin, H M D Gurling, P V Gejman, E Lindholm, H W Moises, W Byerley, E M Wijsman, P Forabosco, M T Tsuang, H-G Hwu, Y Okazaki, K S Kendler, B Wormley, A Fanous, D Walsh, F A O'Neill, L Peltonen, G Nestadt, V K Lasseter, K Y Liang, G M Papadimitriou, D G Dikeos, S G Schwab, M J Owen, M C O'Donovan, N Norton, E Hare, H Raventos, H Nicolini, M Albus, W Maier, V L Nimgaonkar, L Terenius, J Mallet, M Jay, S Godard, D Nertney, M Alexander, R R Crowe, J M Silverman, A S Bassett, M-A Roy, C Mérette, C N Pato, M T Pato, J Louw Roos, Y Kohn, D Amann-Zalcenstein, G Kalsi, A McQuillin, D Curtis, J Brynjolfson, T Sigmundsson, H Petursson, A R Sanders, J Duan, E Jazin, M Myles-Worsley, M Karayiorgou and C M Lewis

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.135

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December 23 2008

Original Article

Genome-wide association study of recurrent major depressive disorder in two European case–control cohorts

P Muglia, F Tozzi, N W Galwey, C Francks, R Upmanyu, X Q Kong, A Antoniades, E Domenici, J Perry, S Rothen, C L Vandeleur, V Mooser, G Waeber, P Vollenweider, M Preisig, S Lucae, B Müller-Myhsok, F Holsboer, L T Middleton and A D Roses

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.131

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December 16 2008

Immediate Communication

Two variants in Ankyrin 3 (ANK3) are independent genetic risk factors for bipolar disorder

T G Schulze, S D Detera-Wadleigh, N Akula, A Gupta, L Kassem, J Steele, J Pearl, J Strohmaier, R Breuer, M Schwarz, P Propping, M M Nöthen, S Cichon, J Schumacher, NIMH Genetics Initiative Bipolar Disorder ConsortiumM Rietschel and F J McMahon

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 16, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.134

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December 9 2008

Immediate Communications

Gene-wide analyses of genome-wide association data sets: evidence for multiple common risk alleles for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder and for overlap in genetic risk

V Moskvina, N Craddock, P Holmans, I Nikolov, J S Pahwa, E Green, Wellcome Trust Case Control ConsortiumM J Owen and M C O'Donovan

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.133

Genome-wide association for major depressive disorder: a possible role for the presynaptic protein piccolo

P F Sullivan, E J C de Geus, G Willemsen, M R James, J H Smit, T Zandbelt, V Arolt, B T Baune, D Blackwood, S Cichon, W L Coventry, K Domschke, A Farmer, M Fava, S D Gordon, Q He, A C Heath, P Heutink, F Holsboer, W J Hoogendijk, J J Hottenga, Y Hu, M Kohli, D Lin, S Lucae, D J MacIntyre, W Maier, K A McGhee, P McGuffin, G W Montgomery, W J Muir, W A Nolen, M M Nöthen, R H Perlis, K Pirlo, D Posthuma, M Rietschel, P Rizzu, A Schosser, A B Smit, J W Smoller, J-Y Tzeng, R van Dyck, M Verhage, F G Zitman, N G Martin, N R Wray, D I Boomsma and B W J H Penninx

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.125

Original Articles

Targeted disruption of serine racemase affects glutamatergic neurotransmission and behavior

A C Basu, G E Tsai, C-L Ma, J T Ehmsen, A K Mustafa, L Han, Z I Jiang, M A Benneyworth, M P Froimowitz, N Lange, S H Snyder, R Bergeron and J T Coyle

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.130

Effect of abstinence challenge on brain function and cognition in smokers differs by COMT genotype

J Loughead, E P Wileyto, J N Valdez, P Sanborn, K Tang, A A Strasser, K Ruparel, R Ray, R C Gur and C Lerman

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.132

Gene discovery through imaging genetics: identification of two novel genes associated with schizophrenia

S G Potkin, J A Turner, J A Fallon, A Lakatos, D B Keator, G Guffanti and F Macciardi FBIRN

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.127

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December 2 2008

Original Article

A threonine to isoleucine missense mutation in the pericentriolar material 1 gene is strongly associated with schizophrenia

S R Datta, A McQuillin, M Rizig, E Blaveri, S Thirumalai, G Kalsi, J Lawrence, N J Bass, V Puri, K Choudhury, J Pimm, C Crombie, G Fraser, N Walker, D Curtis, M Zvelebil, A Pereira, R Kandaswamy, D St Clair and H M D Gurling

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, December 2, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.128

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November 25 2008

Original Article

Developmental etiology for neuroanatomical and cognitive deficits in mice overexpressing Galphas, a G-protein subunit genetically linked to schizophrenia

M P Kelly, J M Stein, C G Vecsey, C Favilla, X Yang, S F Bizily, M F Esposito, G Wand, S J Kanes and T Abel

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, November 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.124

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November 11 2008

Original Article

Differential effects on T-cell function following exposure to serum from schizophrenia smokers

M Herberth, D N Krzyszton, D Koethe, M R Craddock, E Bulger, E Schwarz, P Guest, F M Leweke and S Bahn

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, November 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.120

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November 4 2008

Original Articles

The mood-improving actions of antidepressants do not depend on neurogenesis but are associated with neuronal remodeling

J M Bessa, D Ferreira, I Melo, F Marques, J J Cerqueira, J A Palha, O F X Almeida and N Sousa

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, November 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.119

Review and meta-analysis of antidepressant pharmacogenetic findings in major depressive disorder

M Kato and A Serretti

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, November 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.116

Chronic imipramine but not bupropion increases arachidonic acid signaling in rat brain: is this related to 'switching' in bipolar disorder?

H-J Lee, J S Rao, L Chang, S I Rapoport and H-W Kim

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, November 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.117

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the expression of estrogen receptors in the postnatal mouse brain

N Sugiyama, S Andersson, R Lathe, X Fan, P Alonso-Magdalena, T Schwend, I Nalvarte, M Warner and J-Å Gustafsson

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, November 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.118

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October 28 2008

Feature Review

Immunization in Alzheimer's disease: naïve hope or realistic clinical potential?

J K Foster, G Verdile, K A Bates and R N Martins

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, October 28, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.115

Original Articles

Lower CSF oxytocin concentrations in women with a history of childhood abuse

C Heim, L J Young, D J Newport, T Mletzko, A H Miller and C B Nemeroff

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, October 28, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.112

Genome-wide association scan for five major dimensions of personality

A Terracciano, S Sanna, M Uda, B Deiana, G Usala, F Busonero, A Maschio, M Scally, N Patriciu, W-M Chen, M A Distel, E P Slagboom, D I Boomsma, S Villafuerte, E S acuteliwerska, M Burmeister, N Amin, A C J W Janssens, C M van Duijn, D Schlessinger, G R Abecasis and P T Costa Jr

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, October 28, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.113

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October 21 2008

Original Article

Polymorphisms in SREBF1 and SREBF2, two antipsychotic-activated transcription factors controlling cellular lipogenesis, are associated with schizophrenia in German and Scandinavian samples

S Le Hellard, T W Mühleisen, S Djurovic, J Fernø, Z Ouriaghi, M Mattheisen, C Vasilescu, M B Raeder, T Hansen, J Strohmaier, A Georgi, F F Brockschmidt, I Melle, I Nenadic, H Sauer, M Rietschel, M M Nöthen, T Werge, O A Andreassen, S Cichon and V M Steen

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, October 21, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.110

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October 14 2008

Original Article

Meta-analysis of the BDNF Val66Met polymorphism in major depressive disorder: effects of gender and ethnicity

M Verhagen, A van der Meij, P A M van Deurzen, J G E Janzing, A Arias-Vásquez, J K Buitelaar and B Franke

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, October 14, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.109

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September 30 2008

Original Article

Glial pathology in an animal model of depression: reversal of stress-induced cellular, metabolic and behavioral deficits by the glutamate-modulating drug riluzole

M Banasr, G M I Chowdhury, R Terwilliger, S S Newton, R S Duman, K L Behar and G Sanacora

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 30, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.106

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September 23 2008

Original Article

Amyloid-beta causes memory impairment by disturbing the JAK2/STAT3 axis in hippocampal neurons

T Chiba, M Yamada, J Sasabe, K Terashita, M Shimoda, M Matsuoka and S Aiso

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.105

Analysis of 10 independent samples provides evidence for association between schizophrenia and a SNP flanking fibroblast growth factor receptor 2

M C O'Donovan, N Norton, H Williams, T Peirce, V Moskvina, I Nikolov, M Hamshere, L Carroll, L Georgieva, S Dwyer, P Holmans, J L Marchini, C C A Spencer, B Howie, H-T Leung, I Giegling, A M Hartmann, H-J Möller, D W Morris, Y Shi, G Feng, P Hoffmann, P Propping, C Vasilescu, W Maier, M Rietschel, S Zammit, J Schumacher, E M Quinn, T G Schulze, N Iwata, M Ikeda, A Darvasi, S Shifman, L He, J Duan, A R Sanders, D F Levinson, R Adolfsson, U Ösby, L Terenius, E G Jönsson, S Cichon, M M Nöthen, M Gill, A P Corvin, D Rujescu, P V Gejman, G Kirov, N Craddock, N M Williams, M J Owen and Molecular Genetics of Schizophrenia Collaboration

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 23, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.108

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September 16 2008

Feature Review

Clearance mechanisms of Alzheimer's amyloid-beta peptide: implications for therapeutic design and diagnostic tests

K A Bates, G Verdile, Q-X Li, D Ames, P Hudson, C L Masters and R N Martins

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 16, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.96

Original Articles

Population-based linkage analysis of schizophrenia and bipolar case–control cohorts identifies a potential susceptibility locus on 19q13

C Francks, F Tozzi, A Farmer, J B Vincent, D Rujescu, D St Clair and P Muglia

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 16, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.100

Slitrk1-deficient mice display elevated anxiety-like behavior and noradrenergic abnormalities

K Katayama, K Yamada, V G Ornthanalai, T Inoue, M Ota, N P Murphy and J Aruga

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 16, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.97

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September 9 2008

Original Articles

Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in the United States: 1991–1992 and 2001–2002

E Baca-Garcia, M M Perez-Rodriguez, K M Keyes, M A Oquendo, D S Hasin, B F Grant and C Blanco

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.98

Association of maternal dopamine transporter genotype with negative parenting: evidence for gene x environment interaction with child disruptive behavior

S S Lee, A Chronis-Tuscano, K Keenan, W E Pelham, J Loney, C A Van Hulle, E H Cook and B B Lahey

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.102

Behavioral immunization: immunity to self-antigens contributes to psychological stress resilience

G M Lewitus and M Schwartz

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 9, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.103

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September 2 2008

Original Article

Correlation analysis between genome-wide expression profiles and cytoarchitectural abnormalities in the prefrontal cortex of psychiatric disorders

S Kim and M J Webster

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, September 2, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.99

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August 26 2008

Original Article

The epidemiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

A M Ruscio, D J Stein, W T Chiu and R C Kessler

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, August 26, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.94

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August 12 2008

Feature Review

Potential adverse effects of amphetamine treatment on brain and behavior: a review

S M Berman, R Kuczenski, J T McCracken and E D London

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, August 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.90

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July 29 2008

Original Articles

Soluble amyloid precursor proteins in the cerebrospinal fluid as novel potential biomarkers of Alzheimer's disease: a multicenter study

P Lewczuk, H Kamrowski-Kruck, O Peters, I Heuser, F Jessen, J Popp, K Bürger, H Hampel, L Frölich, S Wolf, B Prinz, H Jahn, Ch Luckhaus, R Perneczky, M Hüll, J Schröder, H Kessler, J Pantel, H-J Gertz, H-W Klafki, H Kölsch, U Reulbach, H Esselmann, J M Maler, M Bibl, J Kornhuber and J Wiltfang

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.84

Excess of serotonin affects embryonic interneuron migration through activation of the serotonin receptor 6

O Riccio, G Potter, C Walzer, P Vallet, G Szabó, L Vutskits, J Z Kiss and A G Dayer

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.89

Panic disorder is associated with the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) but not the promoter region (5-HTTLPR)

L J Strug, R Suresh, A J Fyer, A Talati, P B Adams, W Li, S E Hodge, T C Gilliam and M M Weissman

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.79

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July 22 2008

Original Articles

The association between smoking and subsequent suicide-related outcomes in the National Comorbidity Survey panel sample

R C Kessler, G Borges, N Sampson, M Miller and M K Nock

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.78

Proton MRS in twin pairs discordant for schizophrenia

E S Lutkenhoff, T G van Erp, M A Thomas, S Therman, M Manninen, M O Huttunen, J Kaprio, J Lönnqvist, J O'Neill and T D Cannon

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.87

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July 15 2008

Original Article

Minor physical anomalies in autism: a meta-analysis

H M Ozgen, J W Hop, J J Hox, F A Beemer and H van Engeland

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.75

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July 8 2008

Original Articles

Altered calcium homeostasis in autism-spectrum disorders: evidence from biochemical and genetic studies of the mitochondrial aspartate/glutamate carrier AGC1

L Palmieri, V Papaleo, V Porcelli, P Scarcia, L Gaita, R Sacco, J Hager, F Rousseau, P Curatolo, B Manzi, R Militerni, C Bravaccio, S Trillo, C Schneider, R Melmed, M Elia, C Lenti, M Saccani, T Pascucci, S Puglisi-Allegra, K-L Reichelt and A M Persico

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.63

Brain surface contraction mapped in first-episode schizophrenia: a longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging study

D Sun, G W Stuart, M Jenkinson, S J Wood, P D McGorry, D Velakoulis, T G M van Erp, P M Thompson, A W Toga, D J Smith, T D Cannon and C Pantelis

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.34

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July 1 2008

Original Article

Strong genetic evidence for a selective influence of GABAA receptors on a component of the bipolar disorder phenotype

N Craddock, L Jones, I R Jones, G Kirov, E K Green, D Grozeva, V Moskvina, I Nikolov, M L Hamshere, D Vukcevic, S Caesar, K Gordon-Smith, C Fraser, E Russell, N Norton, G Breen, D St Clair, D A Collier, A H Young, I N Ferrier, A Farmer, P McGuffin, P A Holmans, Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium (WTCCC)P Donnelly, M J Owen and M C O'Donovan

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, July 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.66

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June 24 2008

Original Article

The complex global pattern of genetic variation and linkage disequilibrium at catechol-O-methyltransferase

N Mukherjee, K K Kidd, A J Pakstis, W C Speed, H Li, Z Tarnok, C Barta, S L B Kajuna and J R Kidd

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, June 24, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.64

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June 3 2008

Original Articles

Association of the NPAS3 gene and five other loci with response to the antipsychotic iloperidone identified in a whole genome association study

C Lavedan, L Licamele, S Volpi, J Hamilton, C Heaton, K Mack, R Lannan, A Thompson, C D Wolfgang and M H Polymeropoulos

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, June 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.56

Interferon-alpha effects on diurnal hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis activity: relationship with proinflammatory cytokines and behavior

C L Raison, A S Borisov, B J Woolwine, Breanne Massung, G Vogt and A H Miller

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, June 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.58

Whole genome association study identifies polymorphisms associated with QT prolongation during iloperidone treatment of schizophrenia

S Volpi, C Heaton, K Mack, J B Hamilton, R Lannan, C D Wolfgang, L Licamele, M H Polymeropoulos and C Lavedan

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, June 3, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.52

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May 27 2008

Original Article

Integrative proteomic analysis of the nucleus accumbens in rhesus monkeys following cocaine self-administration

N S Tannu, L L Howell and S E Hemby

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, May 27, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.53

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May 20 2008

Original Articles

Deep brain stimulation of the ventral internal capsule/ventral striatum for obsessive-compulsive disorder: worldwide experience

B D Greenberg, L A Gabriels, D A Malone Jr, A R Rezai, G M Friehs, M S Okun, N A Shapira, K D Foote, P R Cosyns, C S Kubu, P F Malloy, S P Salloway, J E Giftakis, M T Rise, A G Machado, K B Baker, P H Stypulkowski, W K Goodman, S A Rasmussen and B J Nuttin

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, May 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.55

Genetic variants in AVPR1A linked to autism predict amygdala activation and personality traits in healthy humans

A Meyer-Lindenberg, B Kolachana, B Gold, A Olsh, K K Nicodemus, V Mattay, M Dean and D R Weinberger

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, May 20, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.54

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May 13 2008

Original Article

Heavy marijuana users show increased serum apolipoprotein C-III levels: evidence from proteomic analyses

S Jayanthi, S Buie, S Moore, R I Herning, W Better, N M Wilson, C Contoreggi and J L Cadet

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, May 13, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.50

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May 6 2008

Original Article

Functional polymorphisms in the interleukin-6 and serotonin transporter genes, and depression and fatigue induced by interferon-alpha and ribavirin treatment

S J Bull, P Huezo-Diaz, E B Binder, J F Cubells, G Ranjith, C Maddock, C Miyazaki, N Alexander, M Hotopf, A J Cleare, S Norris, E Cassidy, K J Aitchison, A H Miller and C M Pariante

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, May 6, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.48

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April 22 2008

Original Articles

Tph2 gene variants modulate response control processes in adult ADHD patients and healthy individuals

C G Baehne, A-C Ehlis, M M Plichta, A Conzelmann, P Pauli, C Jacob, L Gutknecht, K-P Lesch and A J Fallgatter

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, April 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.39

Expression of alpha-synuclein is increased in the hippocampus of rats with high levels of innate anxiety

S Chiavegatto, G S Izidio, A Mendes-Lana, I Aneas, T A Freitas, A S Torrão, I M Conceição, L R G Britto and A Ramos

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, April 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.43

Sociodemographic and psychopathologic predictors of first incidence of DSM-IV substance use, mood and anxiety disorders: results from the Wave 2 National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

B F Grant, R B Goldstein, S P Chou, B Huang, F S Stinson, D A Dawson, T D Saha, S M Smith, A J Pulay, R P Pickering, W J Ruan and W M Compton

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, April 22, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.41

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April 15 2008

Original Articles

Ontogeny of sensorimotor gating and immune impairment induced by prenatal immune challenge in rats: implications for the etiopathology of schizophrenia

E Romero, C Guaza, B Castellano and J Borrell

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.44

Genetic variation in the CHRNA5 gene affects mRNA levels and is associated with risk for alcohol dependence

J C Wang, R Grucza, C Cruchaga, A L Hinrichs, S Bertelsen, J P Budde, L Fox, E Goldstein, O Reyes, N Saccone, S Saccone, X Xuei, K Bucholz, S Kuperman, J Nurnberger Jr, J P Rice, M Schuckit, J Tischfield, V Hesselbrock, B Porjesz, H J Edenberg, L J Bierut and A M Goate

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, April 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.42

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April 1 2008

Original Article

A genome-wide panel of congenic mice reveals widespread epistasis of behavior quantitative trait loci

G D Gale, R D Yazdi, A H Khan, A J Lusis, R C Davis and D J Smith

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, April 1, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.4

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March 25 2008

Original Article

Influence of escitalopram treatment on 5-HT1A receptor binding in limbic regions in patients with anxiety disorders

C Spindelegger, R Lanzenberger, W Wadsak, L K Mien, P Stein, M Mitterhauser, U Moser, A Holik, L Pezawas, K Kletter and S Kasper

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 25, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.35

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March 18 2008

Original Article

Glutamate as a spectroscopic marker of hippocampal structural plasticity is elevated in long-term euthymic bipolar patients on chronic lithium therapy and correlates inversely with diurnal cortisol

M Colla, F Schubert, M Bubner, J O Heidenreich, M Bajbouj, F Seifert, A Luborzewski, I Heuser and G Kronenberg

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 18, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.26

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March 11 2008

Original Articles

Family-based association testing strongly implicates DRD2 as a risk gene for schizophrenia in Han Chinese from Taiwan

S J Glatt, S V Faraone, J A Lasky-Su, T Kanazawa, H-G Hwu and M T Tsuang

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.30

A genome-wide association study in 574 schizophrenia trios using DNA pooling

G Kirov, I Zaharieva, L Georgieva, V Moskvina, I Nikolov, S Cichon, A Hillmer, D Toncheva, M J Owen and M C O'Donovan

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 11, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.33

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March 4 2008

Original Articles

DISC1 association, heterogeneity and interplay in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

W Hennah, P Thomson, A McQuillin, N Bass, A Loukola, A Anjorin, D Blackwood, D Curtis, I J Deary, S E Harris, E T Isometsä, J Lawrence, J Lönnqvist, W Muir, A Palotie, T Partonen, T Paunio, E Pylkkö, M Robinson, P Soronen, K Suominen, J Suvisaari, S Thirumalai, D St Clair, H Gurling, L Peltonen and D Porteous

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.22

Involvement of the PRKCB1 gene in autistic disorder: significant genetic association and reduced neocortical gene expression

C Lintas, R Sacco, K Garbett, K Mirnics, R Militerni, C Bravaccio, P Curatolo, B Manzi, C Schneider, R Melmed, M Elia, T Pascucci, S Puglisi-Allegra, K-L Reichelt and A M Persico

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.21

Interacting haplotypes at the NPAS3 locus alter risk of schizophrenia and bipolar disorder

B S Pickard, A Christoforou, P A Thomson, A Fawkes, K L Evans, S W Morris, D J Porteous, D H Blackwood and W J Muir

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.24

Decreased cortical muscarinic receptors define a subgroup of subjects with schizophrenia

E Scarr, T F Cowie, S Kanellakis, S Sundram, C Pantelis and B Dean

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.28

Effects of the G(-656)A variant on CREB1 promoter activity in a neuronal cell line: Interactions with gonadal steroids and stress

G S Zubenko and H B Hughes III

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, March 4, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.23

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February 26 2008

Original Articles

Identifying blood biomarkers for mood disorders using convergent functional genomics

H Le-Niculescu, S M Kurian, N Yehyawi, C Dike, S D Patel, H J Edenberg, M T Tsuang, D R Salomon, J I Nurnberger Jr and A B Niculescu

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, February 26, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.11

Assessment of circadian function in fibroblasts of patients with bipolar disorder

S Yang, H P A Van Dongen, K Wang, W Berrettini and M Buc acutean

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, February 26, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.10

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February 19 2008

Original Articles

A high-density SNP genome-wide linkage scan in a large autism extended pedigree

K Allen-Brady, J Miller, N Matsunami, J Stevens, H Block, M Farley, L Krasny, C Pingree, J Lainhart, M Leppert, W M McMahon and H Coon

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.14

Impairment in role functioning in mental and chronic medical disorders in the United States: results from the National Comorbidity Survey Replication

B G Druss, I Hwang, M Petukhova, N A Sampson, P S Wang and R C Kessler

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.13

A common polymorphism in serotonin receptor 1B mRNA moderates regulation by miR-96 and associates with aggressive human behaviors

K P Jensen, J Covault, T S Conner, H Tennen, H R Kranzler and H M Furneaux

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, February 19, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.15

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February 12 2008

Original Article

Evidence for HTR1A and LHPP as interacting genetic risk factors in major depression

C D Neff, V Abkevich, J C L Packer, Y Chen, J Potter, R Riley, C Davenport, J DeGrado Warren, S Jammulapati, A Bhathena, W S Choi, P E Kroeger, R E Metzger, A Gutin, M H Skolnick, D Shattuck and D A Katz

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, February 12, 2008; doi:10.1038/mp.2008.8

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February 5 2008

Original Article

Metabonomic analysis identifies molecular changes associated with the pathophysiology and drug treatment of bipolar disorder

M J Lan, G A McLoughlin, J L Griffin, T M Tsang, J T J Huang, P Yuan, H Manji, E Holmes and S Bahn

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, February 5, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002130

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January 29 2008

Original Articles

Oxytocin as a natural antipsychotic: a study using oxytocin knockout mice

H K Caldwell, S L Stephens and W S Young III

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002150

The extracellular signal-regulated kinase pathway contributes to the control of behavioral excitement

S R Engel, T K Creson, Y Hao, Y Shen, S Maeng, T Nekrasova, G E Landreth, H K Manji and G Chen

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002135

A genome screen of 35 bipolar affective disorder pedigrees provides significant evidence for a susceptibility locus on chromosome 15q25-26

E Z McAuley, I P Blair, Z Liu, J M Fullerton, A Scimone, M Van Herten, M R Evans, K C Kirkby, J A Donald, P B Mitchell and P R Schofield

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 29, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002146

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January 15 2008

Original Articles

Association between the insulin-induced gene 2 (INSIG2) and weight gain in a German sample of antipsychotic-treated schizophrenic patients: perturbation of SREBP-controlled lipogenesis in drug-related metabolic adverse effects?

S Le Hellard, F M Theisen, M Haberhausen, M B Raeder, J Fernø, S Gebhardt, A Hinney, H Remschmidt, J C Krieg, C Mehler-Wex, M M Nöthen, J Hebebrand and V M Steen

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002133

Lipopolysaccharide-induced depressive-like behavior is mediated by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase activation in mice

J C O'Connor, M A Lawson, C André, M Moreau, J Lestage, N Castanon, K W Kelley and R Dantzer

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002148

Chronic stimulation of corticotropin-releasing factor receptor 1 enhances the anxiogenic response of the cholecystokinin system

T Sherrin, C Todorovic, T Zeyda, C H Tan, P W T Hon, Y-Z Zhu and J Spiess

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 15, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002121

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January 8 2008

Original Articles

To discard or not to discard: the neural basis of hoarding symptoms in obsessive-compulsive disorder

S K An, D Mataix-Cols, N S Lawrence, S Wooderson, V Giampietro, A Speckens, M J Brammer and M L Phillips

Mol Psychiatry advance online publication, January 8, 2008; doi:10.1038/sj.mp.4002129

Circulating endothelial progenitor cells and depression: a possible novel link between