Association between novelty seeking and dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) exon III polymorphism in Japanese subjects

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 88, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 469-471

  Tomitaka, Midori ^a   Tomitaka, Shin Ichiro ^b   Otuka, Yoshiko ^b   Kim, Keiko ^b   Matuki, Hideyuki ^b   Sakamoto, Kaoru ^b   Tanaka, Akemi ^b  

^a SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Dopamine receptor D4; Japanese; Novelty seeking; Temperament and character inventory

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ALLELES; EXONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; JAPAN; PERSONALITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4;

EID: 0033570142     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8628(19991015)88:5<469::AID-AJMG6>3.0.CO;2-F     Document Type: Article

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