Interactions Between Life Stressors and Susceptibility Genes (5-HTTLPR and BDNF) on Depression in Korean Elders

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 423-428

  Kim, Jae Min ^a   Stewart, Robert ^c   Kim, Sung Wan ^a   Yang, Su Jin ^a   Shin, Il Seon ^a   Kim, Young Hoon ^b   Yoon, Jin Sang ^a  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b Inje University   (South Korea)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aged; brain derived neurotrophic factor; depression; gene environment interaction; life stress; serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; VALINE;

5 HTT GENE LINKED PROMOTER REGION; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KOREA; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; METHIONINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VALINE;

EID: 34548021027     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2006.11.020     Document Type: Article

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