Search for the influence of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TCAT)(n) repeat polymorphism on personality traits

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  Persson, Maj Liz ^a,b   Wasserman, Danuta ^a   G Jönsson, Erik ^b   Bergman, Hans ^c   Terenius, Lars ^c   Gyllander, Agneta ^c   Neiman, Jack ^c   Geijer, Thomas ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c Psychiat Sect Karolinska Inst ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Genetics; Personality Inventory; Polymorphism; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; NEUROSIS; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0033949452     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(00)00160-8     Document Type: Article

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