About the Authors
- Manav Kapoor
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Contributed equally to this work with: Manav Kapoor, Jen-Chyong Wang
Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Jen-Chyong Wang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Manav Kapoor, Jen-Chyong Wang
Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Sarah Bertelsen
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Kathy Bucholz
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- John P. Budde
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Anthony Hinrichs
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Arpana Agrawal
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Andrew Brooks
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- David Chorlian
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- Danielle Dick
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia, United States of America
- Victor Hesselbrock
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of Connecticut, Farmington, Connecticut, United States of America
- Tatiana Foroud
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- John Kramer
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Samuel Kuperman
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Niklas Manz
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- John Nurnberger Jr
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America
- Bernice Porjesz
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America
- John Rice
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Jay Tischfield
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Affiliation Department of Genetics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, New Jersey, United States of America
- Xiaoling Xuei
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Marc Schuckit
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Howard J. Edenberg
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Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Medicine, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Laura J. Bierut
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Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Alison M. Goate
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* E-mail: goatea@psychiatry.wustl.edu
Affiliation Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Bierut, Dr. Goate and Dr. Wang are listed as inventors on the patent “Markers for Addiction” (US 20070258898) covering the use of certain SNPs in determining the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of addiction. Dr. Bierut acted as a consultant for Pfizer, Inc. in 2008. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: J-CW AG KB VH JK SK JN BP MS HJE LJB. Performed the experiments: J-CW JB. Analyzed the data: MK SB TH. Phenotype Data Collection: KB VH JK SK JN BP MS HJE LJB Wrote first draft of paper: MK J-CW AG Reviewed and contributed in writing the paper: MK J-CW AG KB AA AB DC DD VH TF JK SK NM JN BP JR JT XX MS HJE LJB.