University of Southern California
USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences  
   

Publications


Abstract
  • Prescott, C. A., McArdle, J. J., Lapham, S., Plotts, C. (2011). Using Project Talent twin data to estimate the range of the components of variance of high-order cognition. Behavioral Genetics.

Book
  • Kendler, K. S., Prescott, C. A. (2006). Genes, Environment and Psychopathology: Understanding the Causes of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders. Boston, MA: Guilford Press.

Journal Article
  • Hack, L. M., Kalsi, G., Aliev, F., Kuo, P. H., Prescott, C. A., Patterson, D. G., Walsh, D., Dick, D. M., Riley, B. P., Kendler, K. S. (2011). Limited associations of dopamine system genes with alcohol dependence and related traits in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence (IASPSAD). Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research. Vol. 35, pp. 376-385.
  • Kendler, K. S., Gardner, C. O., Prescott, C. A. (2011). Toward a comprehensive developmental model for alcohol use disorders in men. Twin Research and Human Genetics. Vol. 14, pp. 1-15.
  • Lee, L. O., Young-Wolff, K. C., Kendler, K. S., Prescott, C. A. (2011). The effects of age at drinking onset and stressful life events on alcohol use in adulthood: A replication and extension using a population-based twin sample. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research.
  • Maes, H. H., Neale, M. C., Chen, X., Chen, J., Prescott, C. A., Kendler, K. S. (2011). A twin association study of nicotine dependence with markers in the CHRNA3 and CHRNA5 genes. Behavioral Genetics. Vol. 41, pp. 680-690.
  • Young-Wolff, K. C., Enoch, M. A., Prescott, C. A. (2011). The influence of gene-environment interactions on alcohol consumption and alcohol use disorders: A comprehensive review. Clinical Psychology Review. Vol. 31, pp. 800-816.
  • Young-Wolff, K. C., Kendler, K. S., Ericson, M. L., Prescott, C. A. (2011). Accounting for the association between childhood maltreatment and alcohol-use disorders in males: A twin study. Psychological Medicine. Vol. 41, pp. 59-70.
  • McArdle, J. J., Prescott, C. A. (2010). Contemporary modeling of gene-by-environment effects in randomized multivariate longitudinal studies. Perspectives in Psychological Science. Vol. 5, pp. 606-621.
  • Kuo, P., Neale, M. C., Walsh, D., Patterson, D. G., Riley, B., Prescott, C. A., Kendler, K. S. (2010). Genome-wide linkage scans for major depression in individuals with alcohol dependence. Journal of Psychiatric Research. Vol. 44, pp. 616-619.
  • Kalsi, G., Kuo, P., Alexander, J., MuMichael, O., Patterson, D. G., Walsh, D., Zhao, Z., Schuckit, M., Nurnberger, J., Edenberg, H., Kramer, J., Hesselbrock, V., Tischfield, J. A., Vladimirov, V., Prescott, C. A., Dick, D., Kendler, K. S., Riley, B. P. (2010). A systematic gene-based screen of chr4q22-q32 identifies association of a novel susceptibility gene, DKK2, with the quantitative trait of alcohol dependence symptom counts. Hum Mol Genet. Vol. 19 (12), pp. 2497-506.
  • Kendler, K. S., Myers, J., Dick, D., Prescott, C. A. (2010). The relationship between genetic influences on alcohol dependence and on patterns of alcohol consumption. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. Vol. 34 (6), pp. 1058-65.
  • Sintov, N. D., Kendler, K. S., Young-Wolff, K. C., Walsh, D., Patterson, D. G., Prescott, C. A. (2010). Empirically defined subtypes of alcohol dependence in an Irish family sample. Drug Alcohol Depend. Vol. 107, pp. 230-236.
  • Young-Wolff, K. C., Kendler, K. S., Ericscon, M. L., Prescott, C. A. (2010). Accounting for the association between childhood maltreatment and alcohol-use disorders in males: A twin study. Psychol Med. pp. 1-12.
  • Kertes, D. A., Kalsi, G., Kuo, P. H., Prescott, C. A., Patterson, D. G., Walsh, D., Kendler, K. S., Riley, B. P. (2010). Neurotransmitter and neuromodulator genes associated with a history of depressive symptoms in individuals with alcohol dependence. Alcoholism, Clinical and Experimental Research.
  • Kalsi, G., Prescott, C. A., Kendler, K. S., Riley, B. P. (2009). Unraveling the molecular mechanisms of alcohol dependence. Trends in Genetics. Vol. 25, pp. 49-55.
  • Sintov, N. D., Kendler, K. S., Walsh, D., Patterson, D. G., Prescott, C. A. (2009). Predictors of illicit substance dependence among individuals with alcohol dependence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs. Vol. 70, pp. 269-278.
  • Young-Wolff, K. C., Kendler, K. S., Sintov, N. D., Prescott, C. A. (2009). Mood-related drinking motives mediate the familial association between major depression and alcohol dependence. Alcoholism Clinical Experimental Research. Vol. 33, pp. 1476-1486.
  • Kuo, P., Kalsi, G., Prescott, C. A., Hodgkinson, C. A., Goldman, D., Alexander, J., van den Oord, E. J., Chen, X., Sullivan, P. F., Patterson, D. G., Walsh, D., Kendler, K. S., Riley, B. P. (2009). Associations of glutamate decarboxylase genes with initial sensitivity and age-at-onset of alcohol dependence in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. Vol. 101, pp. 80-87.
  • Kendler, K. S., Jacobson, K. C., Gardner, C. O., Gillespie, N., Aggen, S. A., Prescott, C. A. (2007). Creating a social world: A developmental twin study of peer-group deviance. Archives of General Psychiatry. Vol. 64 (8), pp. 958-965.
  • Prescott, C. A., Kuhn, J. W., Pedersen, N. L. (2007). Twin pair resemblance for psychiatric hospitalization in the Swedish Twin Registry: a 32-year follow-up study of 29,602 twin pairs. Behavior Genetics. Vol. 37 (4), pp. 547-558.
  • Kendler, K. S., Kuo, P., Webb, B. T., Kalsi, G., Neale, M. C., Sullivan, P. F., Walsh, D., Patterson, D. G., Riley, B. P., Prescott, C. A. (2006). A joint genome-wide linkage analysis of symptoms of alcohol dependence and conduct disorder. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research/Blackwell Publishing. Vol. 30 (12), pp. 1972-1977.
  • Kuo, P., Neale, M. C., Riley, B. P., Webb, B. T., Sullivan, P. F., Patterson, D. G., van den Oord, E. J., Walsh, D., Kendler, K. S., Prescott, C. A. (2006). Identification of susceptibility loci for alcohol-related traits in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research/Blackwell Publishing. Vol. 30 (11), pp. 1807-1816.
  • Riley, B. P., Kalsi, G., Kuo, P., Vladimirov, V., Thiselton, D. L., Vittum, J., Wormley, B., Grotewiel, M. S., Patterson, D. G., Sullivan, P. F., van den Oord, E. J., Walsh, D., Kendler, K. S., Prescott, C. A. (2006). Alcohol dependence is associated with the ZNF699 gene, a human locus related to Drosophila hangover, in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence (IASPSAD) sample. Molecular Psychiatry/Nature Publishing Group. Vol. 11 (11), pp. 1025-1031.
  • Prescott, C. A., Madden, P. A., Stallings, M. C. (2006). Challenges in genetic studies of the etiology of substance use and substance use disorders. Behavior Genetics/Kluwer Academic Press. Vol. 36 (4), pp. 473-482.
  • Prescott, C. A., Sullivan, P. F., Kuo, P., Webb, B. T., Vittum, J., Patterson, D. G., Thiselton, D. L., Myers, J. M., Devitt, M., Halberstadt, L. J., Robinson, V. P., Neale, M. C., van den Oord, E. J., Walsh, D., Riley, B. P., Kendler, K. S. (2006). Genomewide linkage study in the Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence: Evidence for a susceptibility region for symptoms of alcohol dependence on chromosome 4. Molecular Psychiatry/Nature Publishing Group. Vol. 11, pp. 603-611.
  • Prescott, C. A., Sullivan, P. F., Myers, J. M., Patterson, D. G., Devitt, M., Halberstadt, L. J., Walsh, D., Kendler, K. S. (2005). The Irish Affected Sib Pair Study of Alcohol Dependence. Study methodology and validation of diagnosis by interview and family history. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research/Blackwell Publishing. Vol. 29 (3), pp. 417-429.
  • Schmitt, J. E., Prescott, C. A., Gardner, C. O., Neale, M. C., Kendler, K. S. (2005). The differential heritability of regular tobacco use based on method of administration. Twin Research and Human Genetics/International Society for Twin Studies. Vol. 8, pp. 60-62.
  • Hettema, J. M., Prescott, C. A., Myers, J. M., Neale, M. C., Kendler, K. S. (2005). The structure of genetic and environmental risk factors for anxiety disorders in men and women. Archives of General Psychiatry/American Medical Association. Vol. 62, pp. 182-189.