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  • Hettema, John M (författare)

A twin study of the genetics of fear conditioning.

  • Artikel/kapitelEngelska2003

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  • American Medical Association (AMA),2003
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  • LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:uu-21270
  • https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-21270URI
  • http://kipublications.ki.se/Default.aspx?queryparsed=id:19386969URI
  • https://doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.60.7.702DOI

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  • Språk:engelska
  • Sammanfattning på:engelska

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  • Fear conditioning is a traditional model for the acquisition of fears and phobias. Studies of the genetic architecture of fear conditioning may inform gene-finding strategies for anxiety disorders. The objective of this study was to determine the genetic and environmental sources of individual differences in fear conditioning by means of a twin sample. METHODS: Classic fear conditioning data were experimentally obtained from 173 same-sex twin pairs (90 monozygotic and 83 dizygotic). Sequences of evolutionary fear-relevant (snakes and spiders) and fear-irrelevant (circles and triangles) pictorial stimuli served as conditioned stimuli paired with a mild electric shock serving as the unconditioned stimulus. The outcome measure was the electrodermal skin conductance response. We applied structural equation modeling methods to the 3 conditioning phases of habituation, acquisition, and extinction to determine the extent to which genetic and environmental factors underlie individual variation in associative and nonassociative learning. RESULTS: All components of the fear conditioning process in humans demonstrated moderate heritability, in the range of 35% to 45%. Best-fitting multivariate models suggest that 2 sets of genes may underlie the trait of fear conditioning: one that most strongly affects nonassociative processes of habituation that also is shared with acquisition and extinction, and a second that appears related to associative fear conditioning processes. In addition, these data provide tentative evidence of differences in heritability based on the fear relevance of the stimuli. CONCLUSION: Genes represent a significant source of individual variation in the habituation, acquisition, and extinction of fears, and genetic effects specific to fear conditioning are involved.

Ämnesord och genrebeteckningar

  • Adult
  • Association Learning/physiology
  • Comparative Study
  • Conditioning; Classical/*physiology
  • Diseases in Twins/etiology/*genetics
  • Extinction (Psychology)/physiology
  • Family
  • Fear/*physiology
  • Female
  • Galvanic Skin Response/physiology
  • Habituation (Psychophysiology)/physiology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Models; Genetic
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Phobic Disorders/etiology/*genetics
  • Reinforcement (Psychology)
  • Research Support; Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support; U.S. Gov't; P.H.S.
  • Social Environment
  • Twins; Dizygotic/genetics
  • Twins; Monozygotic/genetics

Biuppslag (personer, institutioner, konferenser, titlar ...)

  • Annas, PeterKarolinska Institutet (författare)
  • Neale, Michael C (författare)
  • Kendler, Kenneth S (författare)
  • Fredrikson, MatsUppsala universitet,Institutionen för psykologi(Swepub:uu)matsfred (författare)
  • Karolinska InstitutetInstitutionen för psykologi (creator_code:org_t)

Sammanhörande titlar

  • Ingår i:Arch Gen Psychiatry: American Medical Association (AMA)60:7, s. 702-80003-990X

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