Tryptophan hydroxylase gene (TPH1) and peripheral tryptophan levels in depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 209-212

  Porter, Richard J ^a   Mulder, Roger T ^a   Joyce, Peter R ^a   Miller, Allison L ^a   Kennedy, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Depressive disorder; Genotype; Serotonin; Tryptophan; Tryptophan hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 43949108893     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2007.11.010     Document Type: Article

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