Behavioral Genetics

Latest research

1. Investigating the Genetic Diversity of DRD2 and OXTR Genes in the Iranian Population and Its Relationship with Personality Traits

   • Zahra Sepehri Nader
   • Shirin Jalili
   • Fereshteh Rahmati

   in Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

   Article 19 October 2025

   

2. Awards Presented at the 55th Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, June 28th 2025, Atlanta, GA, USA

   in Behavior Genetics

   Article 17 October 2025

3. Neurometabolic profiles of autism spectrum disorder patients with genetic variants in specific neurotransmission and synaptic genes

   • Joana Vilela
   • Andreia C. Pereira
   • Astrid Moura Vicente

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

4. Cognitive, neuroimaging, and genetic insights on the interthalamic adhesion from a large cohort study of 591 subjects

   • Julie P. Vidal
   • Alexa Gouarderes
   • Emmanuel J. Barbeau

   in Scientific Reports

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

5. Unraveling the role of GBA1 genotype in axial signs response to subthalamic deep brain stimulation

   • Francesco Bove
   • Danilo Genovese
   • L. Sambati

   in npj Parkinson's Disease

   Article Open access 17 October 2025

   

6. In silico study of genetic diversity of selected behavioural genes from social and non-social animals

   • Amisha Singh
   • K. V. Ramesh

   in Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy

   Article 16 October 2025

   

7. Announcement of the Editors’ Choice Award for a Paper Published in Behavior Genetics, Volume 54, 2024

   • Valerie S. Knopik

   in Behavior Genetics

   Article 15 October 2025

8. Nicotine reward in the conditioned place preference test across a panel of male inbred mice and F1 crosses: genetic influence and correlation with variation in nicotine antinociception

   • Belle Buzzi
   • Shakir D. AlSharari
   • M. Imad Damaj

   in Psychopharmacology

   Article 15 October 2025

   

9. Distinct DNA profiles affect timing of autism diagnosis

   • Subhra Priyadarshini

   in Nature India

   Article 14 October 2025

   

10. Impulsivity as a Predisposing Vulnerability Trait for Reward Sensitivity and Volitional Drug Self-administration: A Scoping Review

    • Fem E.M. Cornelissen
    • Taco J. De Vries
    • Tommy Pattij

    in Current Addiction Reports

    Article Open access 14 October 2025

    

11. Association of the endosomal sorting processes cargo selection and membrane tubulation with human reward system reactivity

    • Jens Treutlein
    • Bernd Krämer
    • Oliver Gruber

    in European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

    Article 13 October 2025

    

12. Genotype–phenotype correlations with autism spectrum disorder-related traits in noonan syndrome and noonan syndrome with multiple lentigines: a cross-sectional study

    • Chloe Alexa McGhee
    • Julia R. Plank
    • Tamar Green

    in Molecular Autism

    Article Open access 11 October 2025

    

13. The relationship between vitamin D levels and depression: a genetically informed study

    • Honggang Lyu
    • Lijun Kang
    • Zhongchun Liu

    in Nutrition Journal

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

14. Cannabinoid CB1 receptor in dopaminergic circuit from ventral tegmental area to nucleus accumbens links trait anxiety with reward learning

    • Chi Cui
    • Gangan Luo
    • Pei Zhang

    in Translational Psychiatry

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

15. Demographic, genetic, neuroimaging, and behavioral correlates of short social responsiveness scale in a large pediatric cohort

    • Like Huang
    • Runqi Huang
    • Fei Li

    in Translational Psychiatry

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

16. Voluntary wheel running prevented the short-term behavioural effects of vicarious intermittent social defeat in female mice

    • María Ángeles Martínez-Caballero
    • Claudia Calpe-López
    • María Asunción Aguilar

    in Psychopharmacology

    Article Open access 10 October 2025

    

17. Exploration of schizophrenia-related behavioral and molecular abnormalities in a mutant mouse model with a mutation in the TVV motif of the ErbB4 gene

    • Abdul Aziz Khan
    • Shuai Wang
    • Weidong Li

    in Molecular Brain

    Article Open access 09 October 2025

    

18. Influences on and prevention of self-harm behavior among the most at-risk adolescents: study protocol for the SH-MARA prospective longitudinal cohort study

    • Lana Podnar Sernec
    • Petra Tomažič
    • Maja Drobnič Radobuljac

    in BMC Psychiatry

    Article Open access 07 October 2025

    

19. Adolescent onset of volitional ethanol intake normalizes sex differences observed with adult-onset ethanol intake and negative affective behaviors during protracted forced abstinence

    • Caitlyn M. Edwards
    • Zishuo Xu
    • Danny G. Winder

    in Psychopharmacology

    Article Open access 07 October 2025

    

20. The role of 5-hydroxytryptamine receptor 2A (HTR2A) gene polymorphisms in treatment-resistant obsessive–compulsive disorder: a comparative study with other treatment-resistant mental disorders

    • Antonio Del Casale
    • Giovanna Gentile
    • Marina Borro

    in BMC Psychiatry

    Article Open access 07 October 2025

    

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