Serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms, alcoholism, and suicidal behavior

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 259-264

  Gorwood, Philip ^a   Batel, Philippe ^c   Adès, Jean ^a,b   Hamon, Michel ^d   Boni, Claudette ^d  

^a Service de Psychiatrie   (France)

^b CNRS UMR 7593 Vulnerabilite Adaptation et Psychopathologie   (France)

^c BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^d Section of Radiology   (France)

Author keywords

Addiction; Behavior; Dependence; Genetics; Impulsivity; Serotonin; Suicide

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGGRESSION; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELISM; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC TRANSMISSION; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED;

EID: 0034663345     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(00)00840-4     Document Type: Article

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