Serotonin transporter gene (5-Htt): Association analysis with temporal lobe epilepsy

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 421, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 52-56

  Manna, Ida ^a   Labate, Angelo ^a,b   Gambardella, Antonio ^a,b   Forabosco, Paola ^a,c   La Russa, Antonella ^a   Le Piane, Emilio ^d   Aguglia, Umberto ^d   Quattrone, Aldo ^a,b  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Hospital of Reggio Calabria   (Italy)

Author keywords

Genetic predisposition; Serotonin receptor; Temporal lobe epilepsy

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LOWER PLEISTOCENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EPILEPSY, TEMPORAL LOBE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 34250332214     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.05.022     Document Type: Article

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