Genetic mechanisms of behavior - Don't forget about the transcription factors

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 503-510

  Damberg, M ^a   Garpenstrand, H ^a   Hallman, J ^a   Oreland, L ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; AP 2; Binge eating; Monoamine oxidase; Personality; Serotonin; Thrombocyte; Transcription

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING); ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 2;

BEHAVIOR; BINDING SITE; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BLOOD SAMPLING; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETICS; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; NEUROTRANSMITTER RELEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0034886818     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000935     Document Type: Review

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