Gene × Environment Interactions at the Serotonin Transporter Locus

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-219

  Munafò, Marcus R ^a   Durrant, Caroline ^b   Lewis, Glyn ^a   Flint, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Depression; Gene Environment interaction; meta analysis; stressful life events

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; EMBASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDLINE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; RISK FACTOR; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SIMULATION; STRESS; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENETICS; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENT; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 58149308050     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.06.009     Document Type: Article

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