Gene-environment interaction in psychiatric disorders as indicated by season of birth variations in tryptophan hydroxylase (TPH), serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) and dopamine receptor (DRD4) gene polymorphisms

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 99-111

  Chotai, Jayanti ^a   Serretti, Alessandro ^b   Lattuada, Enrico ^b   Lorenzi, Cristina ^b   Lilli, Roberta ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Affective; Bipolar; Disorder; Environment.; Genes; Schizophrenia; Unipolar

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 0037628112     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-1781(03)00112-4     Document Type: Article

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