Role of the serotonin transporter gene in temperament and character

Journal of Personality Disorders

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 312-328

  Hamer, Dean H ^a,c   Greenberg, Benjamin D ^b   Sabol, Sue Z ^a   Murphy, Dennis L ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEROTONIN METABOLISM; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0033377546     PISSN: 0885579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/pedi.1999.13.4.312     Document Type: Article

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