Serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene polymorphism in psychogeriatric patients

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 113-115

  Zill, Peter ^a   Padberg, Frank ^a   de Jonge, Silvia ^a   Hampel, Harald ^a   Bürger, Katharina ^a   Stübner, Susanne ^a   Boetsch, Thomas ^a   Jürgen Möller, Hans ^a   Ackenheil, Manfred ^a   Bondy, Brigitta ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Genetic association; Gerontopsychiatric disorders; Promoter polymorphism; Serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

AGED; AGING; ALLELES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CARRIER PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 19244370538     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3940(00)00994-0     Document Type: Article

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