Association of the serotonin transporter gene with smoking behavior

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 162, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 924-930

  Kremer, Ilana ^b   Bachner Melman, Rachel ^b   Reshef, Alon ^b   Broude, Leonid ^b   Nemanov, Lubov ^b   Gritsenko, Inga ^b   Heresco Levy, Uriel ^b   Elizur, Yoel ^b   Ebstein, Richard P ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FAMILY; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERSONALITY TEST; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SERT GENE; SMOKING; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VARIANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 18744369089     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.162.5.924     Document Type: Article

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