Olga Novick's scientific contributions
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Publication (1)
Human personality traits which can be reliably measured by any of a number of rating scales, show a considerable heritable component. The tridimensional personality questionnaire (TPQ) is one such instrument and was designed by Cloninger to measure four distinct domains of temperament - Novelty Seeking, Harm Avoidance, Reward Dependence and Persist...
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... Thus, carrying the D4.7 variant has been linked to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), major depressive disorder, gambling, drug dependence, smoking, alcoholism, and Parkinson's disease Kaplan et al. 2008;Faraone et al. 1999;Manki et al. 1996;Ricketts et al. 1998;Laucht et al. 2005). Several studies suggested that the longer allele variants, with 7 and more repeats, are connected to specific behavioural phenotypes, including novelty seeking and risky behaviour, impulsivity, limited emotional feedback, but effective problem solving (Hohmann et al. 2009;Dmitrieva et al. 2011;Ebstein et al. 1996). Remarkably, schizophrenic patients with the shorter alleles (D4.2 and D4.4) manifest a higher therapeutic response to typical antipsychotic drugs (APDs) compared to those with D4.7 (Cohen et al. 1999). ...