Serotonin transporter and GABA(A) alpha 6 receptor variants are associated with neuroticism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 244-249

  Sen, Srijan ^a   Villafuerte, Sandra ^b   Nesse, Randolph ^c,d   Stoltenberg, Scott F ^c,d   Hopcian, Jeffrey ^b   Gleiberman, Lillian ^a   Weder, Alan ^a   Burmeister, Margit ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Association; Depression; Interaction; NEO PI; Personality; Polymorphism; Serotonin; aminobutyric acid

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID A RECEPTOR; ALCOHOL; PROLINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SERINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; CARRIER PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NERVE PROTEIN; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; ALCOHOLISM; GENETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELES; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROTIC DISORDERS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROLINE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, GABA-A; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERINE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 1642527914     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2003.08.006     Document Type: Article

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