The relationship between stressful life events, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and major depression

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-111

  Gillespie, Nathan A ^a,b,c,d   Whitfield, John B ^a,b,c   Williams, Ben ^a,b,c   Heath, Andrew C ^a,b,c   Martin, Nicholas G ^a,b,c  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SYMPTOM; TWINS;

AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 13444280555     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291704002727     Document Type: Article

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