Role of the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism in anxiety- related traits

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 936-940

  Mazzanti, Chiara M ^a   Lappalainen, Jaakko ^a   Long, Jeffrey C ^a   Bengel, Dietmar ^d   Naukkarinen, Hannu ^c   Eggert, Monica ^c   Virkkunen, Matti ^c   Linnoila, Markku ^b   Goldman, David ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONIN RELEASE; TANDEM REPEAT;

ALCOHOLISM; ANXIETY; CARRIER PROTEINS; CRIME; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PERSONALITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0031669441     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.55.10.936     Document Type: Article

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