No association of a functional polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene promoter and anxiety-related personality traits

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 182-184

  Lang, Undine E ^a   Bajbouj, Malek ^a   Wernicke, Catrin ^a   Rommelspacher, Hans ^a   Danker Hopfe, Heidi ^a   Gallinat, Jürgen ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Behavior; Personality; Serotonin transporter; SLC6A4

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER GENE;

EID: 2342487977     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000077363     Document Type: Article

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