Genetic factors account for much of the variation in personality traits across the lifespan. Shared upbringing plays a ...

We know that the genes we're born with contribute to the risk of psychiatric disorders during our lifetimes, and a new study ...

A study suggests psychiatric disorders can share the same genetic signatures and that they may stem from shared biological mechanisms.

In a paper published in Nature Communications, researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center's Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery leveraged two main studies - one focused on ...

Experts say the research could reveal more about the role of genetics in autism and lead to more personalized care. A new study has identified four biologically distinct subtypes of autism, each with ...

Behavioral genetics was founded as an interdisciplinary field in the 1970s to separate itself from any connection with genetic determinism or with eugenics. (Eugenics aspired to improve humanity ...

This review article describes the complex interactions between genetic factors and the gut microbiome in the context of opioid use behaviors. We tested the inbred High and Low Activity strains of mice ...

A new genome-wide mapping method finally shows how thousands of genes connect to drive disease. Biomedical researchers are working intensively to identify the genes that contribute to disease, with ...