5-HT1A receptor gene C -1019 G polymorphism and amygdala volume in borderline personality disorder

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 306-313

  Zetzsche, T ^a   Preuss, U W ^a   Bondy, B ^a   Frodl, T ^a   Zill, P ^a   Schmitt, G ^a   Koutsouleris, N ^a   Rujescu, D ^a   Born, C ^b   Reiser, M ^b   Moller H J ^a   Meisenzahl, E M ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; MRT; Neuroimaging; Polymorphism; Serotonin; Volumetry

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MOOD STABILIZER; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEROTONIN 1A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BORDERLINE STATE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMBIC SYSTEM; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; VOLUMETRY; AGGRESSION; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; GENETICS; HEMISPHERIC DOMINANCE; HISTOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; AGGRESSION; AMYGDALA; BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER; BRAIN; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT1A; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 41849132507     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2007.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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