Nature and nurture in suicidal behavior, the role of genetics: some novel findings concerning personality traits and neural conduction

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 245-249

  Wasserman, Danuta ^a   Geijer, Thomas ^a   Sokolowski, Marcus ^a   Rozanov, Vsevolod ^b   Wasserman, Jerzy ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b ODESSA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Genes; Heredity; Prevention; Suicide

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR 1A; SYNAPTOBREVIN; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VESICLE ASSOCIATED MEMBRANE PROTEIN 4; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL; VOLTAGE GATED SODIUM CHANNEL TYPE VIII ALPHA;

ANGER; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; NERVE CONDUCTION; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN RELEASE; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; VOLTAGE CLAMP;

EID: 34548493480     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.05.061     Document Type: Article

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