Vulnerability genes or plasticity genes?

Abstract:

:The classic diathesis-stress framework, which views some individuals as particularly vulnerable to adversity, informs virtually all psychiatric research on behavior-gene-environment (G x E) interaction. An alternative framework of 'differential susceptibility' is proposed, one which regards those most susceptible to adversity because of their genetic make up as simultaneously most likely to benefit from supportive or enriching experiences-or even just the absence of adversity. Recent G x E findings consistent with this perspective and involving monoamine oxidase-A, 5-HTTLPR (5-hydroxytryptamine-linked polymorphic region polymorphism) and dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) are reviewed for illustrative purposes. Results considered suggest that putative 'vulnerability genes' or 'risk alleles' might, at times, be more appropriately conceptualized as 'plasticity genes', because they seem to make individuals more susceptible to environmental influences-for better and for worse.

journal_name

Mol Psychiatry

journal_title

Molecular psychiatry

authors

Belsky J,Jonassaint C,Pluess M,Stanton M,Brummett B,Williams R

doi

10.1038/mp.2009.44

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2009-08-01 00:00:00

pages

746-54

issue

8

eissn

1359-4184

issn

1476-5578

pii

mp200944

journal_volume

14

pub_type

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