Association analyses of the serotonin transporter gene with lifetime depression and alcohol dependence in the Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA) sample

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-38

  Dick, Danielle M ^a,b   Plunkett, Jevon ^a   Hamlin, Damara ^a   Nurnberger Jr , John ^c   Kuperman, Sam ^d   Schuckit, Marc ^e   Hesselbrock, Victor ^f   Edenberg, Howard ^c   Bierut, Laura ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Association analyses; Gene environment interaction; Lifetime depression; Serotonin transporter; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ALCOHOLISM; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845643979     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e328011188b     Document Type: Article

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