Association of DRD4 and COMT polymorphisms with anger and forgiveness traits in healthy volunteers

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 430, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 252-257

  Kang, Jee In ^a   Namkoong, Kee ^a   Kim, Se Joo ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anger; Association study; COMT; Dopamine; DRD4; Forgiveness

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR 4; METHIONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ANGER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL TRAIT; BLOOD CELL; DNA ISOLATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; FORGIVENESS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATE-TRAIT ANGER EXPRESSION INVENTORY; TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANGER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DOPAMINE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS;

EID: 38049023947     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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