Genes and happiness

Gene Therapy and Molecular Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 91-129

  Blum, Kenneth ^a,d,e,j   Chen, Amanda L C ^b   Chen, Thomas J H ^b   Bowirrat, Abdalla ^c   Downs, B William ^d   Waite, Roger L ^d   Reinking, Jeffrey ^e   Kerner, Mallory ^f   Braverman, Dasha ^f   DiNubile, Nicholas ^g   Rhoades, Patrich ^h   Braverman, Eric R ^e,i   Savarimuthu, Stella M ^f   Blum, Seth H ^j   Oscar Berman, Marlene ^k   Palomo, Tomas ^l   Stice, Eric ^m   Gold, Mark ⁿ   Comings, David E ^o  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Sedot Negev Regional Council   (Israel)

^d LifeGen Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Path Medical Research Foundation   (United States)

^g HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^h Modesto Pain Clinic   (United States)

ⁱ WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^j Synaptamine Inc   (United States)

^k BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^l HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^m OREGON RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^o CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dopamine; Gene map; Genospirituality; Happiness; Reward deficiency syndrome (RDS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 74549170037     PISSN: 15299120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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