Sexually dimorphic link between dopamine D2 receptor gene and neuroticism-anxiety

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 611-614

  Wacker, Jan ^a   Reuter, Martin ^b   Hennig, Jürgen ^b   Stemmler, Gerhard ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Dopamine; DRD2 Taql A; Error related negativity; Extraversion; Genetics; Neuroticism; Personality; Polymorphism; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DRD2 TAQI A GENE; EXTRAVERSION; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 17844372705     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200504250-00019     Document Type: Article

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