Combined analysis of association between personality traits and three functional polymorphisms in the tyrosine hydroxylase, monoamine oxidase A, and catechol-O-methyltransferase genes

Neuroscience Research

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 180-185

  Tochigi, Mamoru ^a   Otowa, Takeshi ^a   Hibino, Hiroyuki ^a   Kato, Chieko ^a   Otani, Toshiyuki ^a   Umekage, Tadashi ^a,b   Utsumi, Takeshi ^c   Kato, Nobumasa ^a   Sasaki, Tsukasa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Association study; Catechol O methyltransferase (COMT); Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA); NEO Personality Inventory Revised (NEO PI R); Personality trait; Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH)

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; CATECHOLAMINE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METABOLISM; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MONOAMINE OXIDASE; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 33244462167     PISSN: 01680102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neures.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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