Dr Andrew Birley Email
Telephone: +61 7 3362 0275
Facsimile: +61 7 3362 0101
Email: andrew.birley@yahoo.com.au

Please contact Dr Andrew Birley for more information and a complete list of publications.

Publications
2009
 Birley AJ, James MR, Dickson PA, Montgomery GW, Heath AC, Martin NG, Whitfield JB: ADH single nucleotide polymorphism associations with alcohol metabolism in vivo. Human Molecular Genetics 18(8):1533-1542, 2009 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2008
 Birley AJ, James MR, Dickson PA, Montgomery GW, Heath AC, Whitfield JB, Martin NG: Association of the gastric alcohol dehydrogenase gene ADH7 with variation in alcohol metabolism. Human Molecular Genetics 17(2):179-189, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Wray NR, Middeldorp CM, Birley AJ, Gordon SD, Sullivan PF, Visscher PM, Nyholt DR, Willemsen G, de Geus EJ, Slagboom PE, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Boomsma DI: Genome-wide linkage analysis of multiple measures of neuroticism of 2 large cohorts from Australia and the Netherlands. Archives of General Psychiatry 65(6):649-658, 2008 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2007
 Wray NR, James MR, Mah SP, Nelson M, Andrews G, Sullivan PF, Montgomery GW, Birley AJ, Braun A, Martin NG: Anxiety and Comorbid Measures Associated With PLXNA2. Archives of General Psychiatry 64(3):318-326, 2007 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Hansell NK, James MR, Duffy DL, Birley AJ, Luciano M, Geffen GM, Wright MJ, Montgomery GW, Martin NG: Effect of the BDNF V166M polymorphism on working memory in healthy adolescents. Genes, Brain and Behavior 6(3):260-268, 2007 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Wray NR, Birley AJ, Sullivan PF, Visscher PM, Martin NG: Genetic and phenotypic stability of measures of neuroticism over 22 years. Twin Research and Human Genetics 10(5):695-702, 2007 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2006
 Dickson PA, James MR, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Whitfield JB, Birley AJ: Effects of Variation at the ALDH2 Locus on Alcohol Metabolism, Sensitivity, Consumption, and Dependence in Europeans. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 30(7):1093-1100, 2006 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Birley AJ, Gillespie NA, Heath AC, Sullivan PF, Boomsma DI, Martin NG: Heritability and nineteen-year stability of long and short EPQ-R neuroticism scales. Personality and Individual Differences 40(4):737-747, 2006 [PDF]
2005
 Birley AJ, Whitfield JB, Neale MC, Duffy DL, Heath AC, Boomsma DI, Martin NG: Genetic time-series analysis identifies a major QTL for in vivo alcohol metabolism not predicted by in vitro studies of structural protein polymorphism at the ADH1B or ADH1C loci. Behavior Genetics 35(5):509-524, 2005 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Middeldorp CM, Birley AJ, Cath DC, Gillespie NA, Willemsen G, Statham DJ, de Geus EJ, Andrews JG, van Dyck R, Beem AL, Sullivan PF, Martin NG, Boomsma DI: Familial clustering of major depression and anxiety disorders in Australian and Dutch twins and siblings. Twin Research and Human Genetics 8(6):609-615, 2005 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
2001
 Whitfield JB, Zhu G, Duffy DL, Birley AJ, Madden PA, Heath AC, Martin NG: Variation in alcohol pharmacokinetics as a risk factor for alcohol dependence. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research 25(9):1257-1263, 2001 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
 Duffy DL, Montgomery GW, Treloar SA, Birley AJ, Kirk KM, Boomsma DI, Beem AL, de Geus EJC, Slagboom E, Knighton J, Reed P, Martin NG: IBD sharing around the PPARG locus is not increased in dizygotic twins or their mothers. Nature Genetics 28(4):315-315, 2001 [PDF]
2000
 Kirk KM, Birley AJ, Statham DJ, Haddon B, Lake RI, Andrews JG, Martin NG: Anxiety and depression in twin and sib pairs extremely discordant and concordant for neuroticism: prodromus to a linkage study. Twin Research 3:299-309, 2000 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
1999
 Neale MC, Cherny SS, Sham P, Whitfield JB, Heath AC, Birley AJ, Martin NG: Distinguishing population stratification from genuine allelic effects with Mx: association of ADH2 with alcohol consumption. Behavior Genetics 29(4):233-243, 1999 [PDF]
1998
 Whitfield JB, Nightingale BN, O'Brien ME, Heath AC, Birley AJ, Martin NG: Molecular biology of alcohol dependence, a complex polygenic disorder. Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine 36(8):633-636, 1998 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]
1997
 Birley AJ, MacLennan R, Wahlqvist M, Gerns L, Pangan T, Martin NG: MN blood group affects response of serum LDL cholesterol level to a low fat diet. Clinical Genetics 51(5):291-295, 1997 [PDF] [PubMed] [More...]