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Item-level analyses reveal genetic heterogeneity in neuroticism

Authors :
Mats Nagel
Kyoko Watanabe
Sven Stringer
Danielle Posthuma
Sophie van der Sluis
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018)
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2018.

Abstract

Neuroticism can be assessed as a composite score of individual items. Here, Nagel et al. perform genetic association studies for 12 neuroticism items and the sum-score and demonstrate genetic heterogeneity at the item-level.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
9
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.7e9fd55c065d4717ac52709cbb4a6ab9
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03242-8