Serotonin transporter and psychiatric disorders: Listening to the gene

Neuroscientist

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 25-34

  Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective disorders; Alcoholism; Anxiety; Dementia; Evolution; Gene expression; Mice; Personality traits; Serotonin transporter; Targeted gene disruption

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; FLUOXETINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALCOHOLISM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DEMENTIA; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031817660     PISSN: 10738584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/107385849800400110     Document Type: Review

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