Genetics of personality: Are we making progress?

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 840-852

  Van Gestel, S ^a   Van Broeckhoven, C ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Candidate genes; Character; Genetics; Personality; Polymorphisms; Susceptibility; Temperament

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; SEROTONIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CANDIDATE GENE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; TEMPERAMENT;

BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONALITY;

EID: 0242351928     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001367     Document Type: Review

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