Role of serotonin transporter promoter repeat length polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) in seasonality and seasonal affective disorder

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-177

  Rosenthal, N E ^a   Mazzanti, C M ^b   Barnett, R L ^a   Hardin, T A ^a   Turner, E H ^a   Lam, G K ^a   Ozaki, N ^c   Goldman, D ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

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

^c FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Seasonal affective disorder; Seasonality; Serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

EID: 0031943648     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000360     Document Type: Article

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