Adolescents carrying a missense mutation in the cart gene exhibit increased anxiety and depression

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 90-92

  Miraglia Del Giudice, E ^a   Santoro, N ^a   Fiumani, P ^a   Dominguez, G ^b   Kuhar, M J ^b   Perrone, L ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; CART; Depression; Mutation

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; LEUCINE; PHENYLALANINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CART GENE; CASE REPORT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MALE; MISSENSE MUTATION; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; OBESITY;

EID: 33645101536     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20156     Document Type: Article

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