Lack of association between polymorphisms of the dopamine D4 receptor gene and personality

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-56

  Strobel, Alexander ^a   Spinath, Frank M ^b   Angleitner, Alois ^b   Riemann, Rainer ^c   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^d  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

521C T; Association; Dopamine; DRD4 exon III; Extraversion; Novelty seeking; Personality; Polymorphism

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA REPLICATION; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; EXON; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MODULATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; EXONS; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; EXTRAVERSION (PSYCHOLOGY); HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY);

EID: 0037269719     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000068876     Document Type: Article

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