No association between novelty seeking and the type 4 dopamine receptor gene (DRD4) in two New Zealand samples

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 98-101

  Sullivan, Patrick F ^a   Fifield, Wendy J ^b   Kennedy, Martin A ^b   Mulder, Roger T ^b   Douglas Sellman, J ^b   Joyce, Peter R ^b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SAMPLING;

EID: 0031974736     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.1.98     Document Type: Article

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