Association between a dinucleotide repeat polymorphism of the estrogen receptor alpha gene and personality traits in women

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 118-122

  Westberg, L ^a   Melke, J ^a   Landen M ^a   Nilsson, S ^a,b   Baghaei, F ^a   Rosmond, R ^a   Jansson, M ^a   Holm, G ^a   Bjorntorp P ^a   Eriksson, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggression; Anxiety; Irritability; Karolinska Scales of Personality; Neuroticism; Steroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA GENE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INDIVIDUALITY; IRRITABILITY; KAROLINSKA SCALES OF PERSONALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROSIS; NON CONFORMITY PERSONALITY; NUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TRAIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RATING SCALE; RECEPTOR GENE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; ANXIETY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEATS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRRITABLE MOOD; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 12244264155     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001192     Document Type: Article

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