The norepinephrine transporter gene modulates the relationship between urban/rural residency and major depressive disorder in a Chinese population

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 213-217

  Xu, Yong ^a   Li, Fei ^a   Huang, Xuezhu ^a,b   Sun, Ning ^c   Zhang, Fuquan ^b   Liu, Pozi ^a,b   Yang, Hong ^c   Luo, Jinxiu ^c   Sun, Yan ^c   Zhang, Kerang ^c  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANXI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gene environment interaction; Major depressive disorder (MDD); Norepinephrine transporter (NET); Polymorphism; Residency

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION GROUPS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650587285     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2009.03.015     Document Type: Article

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