Association between novelty seeking and the -521 C/T polymorphism in the promoter region of the DRD4 gene

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 35-38

  Ronai, Z ^a   Szekely, A ^b   Nemoda, Z ^a   Lakatos, K ^c   Gervai, J ^c   Staub, M ^a   Sasvari Szekely, M ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dopamine; DRD4 promoter; Human personality; Novelty Seeking; Single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; GENE PRODUCT; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; PROTEIN DRD4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE CONTROL; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TEMPERAMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0035133607     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4000832     Document Type: Article

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