Gender moderates the association between 5-HTTLPR and decision-making under ambiguity but not under risk

Neuropharmacology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 423-428

  Stoltenberg, Scott F ^a   Vandever, Joanna M ^a  

^a BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Iowa gambling task; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ADULT; AMBIGUITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GAMBLING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RISK; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72049117362     PISSN: 00283908     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2009.09.010     Document Type: Article

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