Association of a dopamine beta-hydroxylase gene variant with depression in elderly women possibly reflecting noradrenergic dysfunction

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 106, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 169-172

  Togsverd, Mads ^a   Werge, Thomas M ^a   Tankó, Laszlo B ^b   Bagger, Yu Z ^b   Hansen, Thomas ^a   Qin, Gerong ^b   Christiansen, Claus ^b   Rasmussen, Henrik B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b CENTER FOR CLINICAL AND BASIC RESEARCH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Dopamine beta hydroxylase gene; Genetic predisposition; Late life depression

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

AGED; ANIMAL NAMING TASK; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SHORT BLESSED TEST;

AGED; ALLELES; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DENMARK; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INDEL MUTATION; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 37349048084     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.06.010     Document Type: Article

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