Tyrosine hydroxylase and DOPA decarboxylase gene variants in personality traits

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 23-27

  Giegling, Ina ^a   Moreno De Luca, Daniel ^b   Calati, Raffaella ^b   Hartmann, Annette M ^a   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^a   De Ronchi, Diana ^b   Rujescu, Dan ^a   Serretti, Alessandro ^b  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DOPA decarboxylase; Dopaminergic system; Genetics; Personality traits; Tyrosine hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC LEVO AMINO ACID DECARBOXYLASE; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOPAMINE METABOLISM; DOPAMINERGIC SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUICIDE ATTEMPT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DOPA DECARBOXYLASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60049090044     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000202826     Document Type: Article

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