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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Abraham A. Palmer is affiliated with the University of California, San Diego in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and medicine, with a particular focus on genetics and molecular neuroscience.

The primary fields of study for Palmer include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Medicine

Within these fields, notable subfields of study are:

  • Genetics
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
  • Physiology
  • Epidemiology

Palmer's research covers several main topics, such as:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
  • Adipose Tissue and Metabolism

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Palmer include:

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits, 2020, Nature Neuroscience
  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction, 2021, Nature Neuroscience
  • Hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders, 2022, Nature Reviews Disease Primers
  • Item-Level Genome-Wide Association Study of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test in Three Population-Based Cohorts, 2021, American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Content and Performance of the MiniMUGA Genotyping Array: A New Tool To Improve Rigor and Reproducibility in Mouse Research, 2020, Genetics

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Palmer include:

  • Sandra Sanchez-Roige
  • Apurva S. Chitre
  • Oksana Polesskaya
  • Travis T. Mallard
  • Leah C. Solberg Woods

Palmer has published extensively in several venues, notably:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Genes Brain & Behavior
  • Nature Neuroscience
  • Molecular Psychiatry

In 2020, Palmer was recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Best Publications

  • The Collaborative Cross, a community resource for the genetic analysis of complex traits

    Gary A. Churchill;David C. Airey;Hooman Allayee;Joe M. Angel

  • Genome-wide association analyses of risk tolerance and risky behaviors in over 1 million individuals identify hundreds of loci and shared genetic influences

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Richard Karlsson Linnér;Pietro Biroli;Edward Kong;S. Fleur W. Meddens;S. Fleur W. Meddens

  • Transancestral GWAS of alcohol dependence reveals common genetic underpinnings with psychiatric disorders

    Raymond K. Walters;Raymond K. Walters;Renato Polimanti;Emma C. Johnson;Jeanette N. McClintick

  • The nature and identification of quantitative trait loci: a community's view.

    Oduola Abiola;Joe M. Angel;Philip Avner;Alexander A. Bachmanov

  • High-Resolution Genetic Mapping Using the Mouse Diversity Outbred Population

    Karen L. Svenson;Daniel M. Gatti;William Valdar;Catherine E. Welsh

  • GWAS of lifetime cannabis use reveals new risk loci, genetic overlap with psychiatric traits, and a causal influence of schizophrenia

    Joëlle A. Pasman;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Zachary Gerring;Sven Stringer

  • Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis of the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) in Two Population-Based Cohorts.

    Sandra Sanchez-Roige;Abraham A. Palmer;Pierre Fontanillas;Sarah L. Elson

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis of problematic alcohol use in 435,563 individuals yields insights into biology and relationships with other traits

    Hang Zhou;Hang Zhou;Julia M. Sealock;Sandra Sanchez-Roige;Toni Kim Clarke

  • Genetics of caffeine consumption and responses to caffeine

    Amy Yang;Abraham A. Palmer;Harriet de Wit

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-wide Association Studies for Neuroticism, and the Polygenic Association With Major Depressive Disorder

    Marleen H.M. De Moor;Stéphanie M. Van Den Berg;Karin J.H. Verweij;Karin J.H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • A genomewide screen of 345 families for autism-susceptibility loci.

    Amanda L. Yonan;Maricela Alarcón;Rong Cheng;Patrik K.E. Magnusson

  • Multivariate analysis of 1.5 million people identifies genetic associations with traits related to self-regulation and addiction.

    Richard Karlsson Linnér;Travis T Mallard;Peter B Barr;Sandra Sanchez-Roige;Sandra Sanchez-Roige

  • Genetic Background Limits Generalizability of Genotype-Phenotype Relationships.

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  • Behavioral Differences among C57BL/6 Substrains: Implications for Transgenic and Knockout Studies

    Camron D. Bryant;Nanci N. Zhang;Greta Sokoloff;Michael S. Fanselow

  • Quantitative trait locus mapping methods for diversity outbred mice

    Daniel M. Gatti;Karen L. Svenson;Andrey Shabalin;Long Yang Wu

  • Latent TGF-β-binding protein 4 modifies muscular dystrophy in mice

    Ahlke Heydemann;Ermelinda Ceco;Jackie E. Lim;Michele Hadhazy

  • Meta-analysis of Genome-Wide Association Studies for Extraversion: Findings from the Genetics of Personality Consortium

    Stephanie M. van den Berg;Marleen H. M. de Moor;Karin J. H. Verweij;Karin J. H. Verweij;Robert F. Krueger

  • Genetic analysis in the Collaborative Cross breeding population

    Vivek M. Philip;Greta Sokoloff;Cheryl L. Ackert-Bicknell;Martin Striz

  • Glyoxalase 1 increases anxiety by reducing GABAA receptor agonist methylglyoxal

    Margaret G. Distler;Leigh D. Plant;Greta Sokoloff;Andrew J. Hawk

  • Genome-Wide Association Studies of Impulsive Personality Traits (BIS-11 and UPPS-P) and Drug Experimentation in up to 22,861 Adult Research Participants Identify Loci in the CACNA1I and CADM2 genes.

    Sandra Sanchez-Roige;Pierre Fontanillas;Sarah L. Elson;Joshua C. Gray

Frequent Co-Authors

Harriet de Wit
Harriet de Wit University of Chicago
James MacKillop
James MacKillop McMaster University
Pierre Fontanillas
Pierre Fontanillas 23andMe (United States)
Dorret I. Boomsma
Dorret I. Boomsma Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Philipp D. Koellinger
Philipp D. Koellinger Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Howard J. Edenberg
Howard J. Edenberg Indiana University
Patrik K. E. Magnusson
Patrik K. E. Magnusson Karolinska Institute
Abdel Abdellaoui
Abdel Abdellaoui University of Amsterdam
Joel Gelernter
Joel Gelernter Yale University
Michel G. Nivard
Michel G. Nivard University of Bristol

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