Accurate, Large-Scale Genotyping of 5HTTLPR and Flanking Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in an Association Study of Depression, Anxiety, and Personality Measures

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 468-476

  Wray, Naomi R ^a   James, Michael R ^a   Gordon, Scott D ^a   Dumenil, Troy ^a   Ryan, Leanne ^a   Coventry, William L ^a,c   Statham, Dixie J ^a,b   Pergadia, Michele L ^d   Madden, Pamela A F ^d   Heath, Andrew C ^d   Montgomery, Grant W ^a   Martin, Nicholas G ^a  

^a QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5HTTLPR; anxiety; depression; extraversion; genetic association; harm avoidance; neuroticism; serotonin transporter; SLC6A4; SNP

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALLELE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; INTRON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT; TWINS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 68049126142     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.04.030     Document Type: Article

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