Serotonin transporter polymorphism related to amygdala excitability and symptom severity in patients with social phobia

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 362, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 189-192

  Furmark, Tomas ^a   Tillfors, Maria ^a,b   Garpenstrand, Håkan ^a   Marteinsdottir, Ina ^a   Långström, Bengt ^c   Oreland, Lars ^a   Fredrikson, Mats ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Anxiety; Emotion; Genotyping; Positron emission tomography; Serotonin transporter; Social phobia

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; BLOOD FLOW; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXCITABILITY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROVOCATION TEST; REVIEW; SOCIAL PHOBIA; SPEECH; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 2442630196     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2004.02.070     Document Type: Article

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