Association between depressed mood in the elderly and a 5-HTR2A gene variant

American Journal of Medical Genetics - Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 120 B, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-84

  Jansson, M ^a,e   Gatz, M ^a,b   Berg, S ^c   Johansson, B ^c,d   Malmberg, B ^c   McClearn, G E ^f   Schalling, M ^e   Pedersen, N L ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JÖNKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Depressed mood; Serotonin; SNP

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0042823839     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.20016     Document Type: Article

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