Affect-modulated startle reflex and dopamine D4 receptor gene variation

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-33

  Pauli, Paul ^a   Conzelmann, Annette ^a   Mucha, Ronald F ^a   Weyers, Peter ^a   Baehne, Christina G ^a   Fallgatter, Andreas J ^a   Jacob, Christian P ^a   Lesch, Klaus Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Affective pictures; Dopamine D4 receptor (DRD4); Emotion; Startle response

Indexed keywords

CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AFFECT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; STARTLE REFLEX; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BRAIN; CATECHOL O-METHYLTRANSFERASE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 72549097012     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00923.x     Document Type: Article

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