Association of the functional catechol-O-methyltransferase VALI58MET polymorphism with the personality trait of extraversion

NeuroReport

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1135-1138

  Reuter, Martin ^a   Hennig, Juergen ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catechol O methyltransferase VALIS8MET; Dopamine; Extraversion; Genetics; Novelty seeking; Personality

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHIONINE; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CHARACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DOPAMINE RELEASE; EMOTIONALITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOTIVATION; NEUROCHEMISTRY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHIONINE; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; VALINE;

EID: 22544448722     PISSN: 09594965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001756-200507130-00020     Document Type: Article

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