Social adversity, the serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism and major depressive disorder

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 224-229

  Surtees, Paul G ^a   Wainwright, Nicholas W J ^a   Willis Owen, Saffron A G ^b   Luben, Robert ^a   Day, Nicholas E ^a   Flint, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Depression; Gene environment interaction; Serotonin transporter; SLC6A4; Stress

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ADVERSITY; SOCIAL PROBLEM;

ADULT; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; ENGLAND; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 32144435933     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2005.07.014     Document Type: Article

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