Low level of harm avoidance is associated with serotonin transporter functional haplotype in alcohol-dependent individuals

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 59-63

  Koller, Gabi ^a,b   Zill, Peter ^a   Skoruppa, Thomas ^a   Bondy, Brigitta ^a   Preuss, Ulrich W ^a   Soyka, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Clinic of Psychiatry ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Character and personality traits; Depression; Haplotype; Polymorphism; Serotonin transporter; SLC6A4; Temperament; Variable number tandem repeats

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPE; HARM REDUCTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; CHARACTER; CHROMOSOME 17; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETICS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; CHARACTER; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; RISK-TAKING; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 42949094246     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e3282f60333     Document Type: Article

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