Association between novelty seeking and the type 4 dopamine receptor gene in a large Finnish cohort sample

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1453-1455

  Ekelund, Jesper ^b   Lichtermann, Dirk ^b   Järvelin, Marjo Ritta ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COHORT ANALYSIS; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASE PAIRING; COHORT STUDIES; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4;

EID: 0032835152     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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