Temperament and character in mood disorders: Influence of DRD4, SERTPR, TPH and MAO-A polymorphisms

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 9-16

  Serretti, Alessandro ^a,d   Mandelli, Laura ^a   Lorenzi, Cristina ^b   Landoni, Samuela ^a   Calati, Raffaella ^a   Insacco, Chiara ^a   Cloninger, C Robert ^c  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Depressive disorder; DRD4; MAO A; Personality; SERTPR; TPH

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; STRATIFICATION; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 32844457790     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089916     Document Type: Article

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