Polymorphisms in the dopamine, serotonin, and norepinephrine transporter genes and their relationship to temperamental dimensions measured by the Temperament and Character Inventory in healthy volunteers

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 248-253

  Samochowiec, Jerzy ^a   Rybakowski, Filip ^b   Czerski, Piotr ^b   Zakrzewska, Marzena ^c   Stȩpień, Genowefa ^a   Pełka Wysiecka, Justyna ^a   Horodnicki, Jan ^a   Rybakowski, Janusz K ^b   Hauser, Joanna ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Genes; Monoamine transporter genes; Personality traits; Polymorphism; Temperament and Character Inventory

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERAMENT; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SYMPORTERS; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 0034998048     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054898     Document Type: Article

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