The serotonin transporter length polymorphism, neuroticism, and depression: A comprehensive assessment of association

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 451-456

  Willis Owen, Saffron A G ^a   Turri, Maria G ^a   Munafò, Marcus R ^b   Surtees, Paul G ^c   Wainwright, Nick W J ^c   Brixey, Richard D ^b   Flint, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; depression; Neuroticism; serotonin transporter; SLC6A4

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NEUROSIS; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROTOXICITY SYNDROMES; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 25844486031     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.04.050     Document Type: Article

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