Serotonin transporter gene variation and stressful life events impact processing of fear and anxiety

International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 393-401

  Armbruster, Diana ^a   Moser, Dirk Alexander ^b   Strobel, Alexander ^c   Hensch, Tilman ^a   Kirschbaum, Clemens ^a   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^d   Brocke, Burkhard ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIER   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Acoustic startle response; Amygdala; Fear; Stressful life events

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE STRESS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; GENETICS; HABITUATION; LIFE EVENT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STARTLE REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66449127133     PISSN: 14611457     EISSN: 14695111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1461145708009565     Document Type: Article

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