Arguable Assumptions, Debatable Conclusions

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Kaufman, Joan ^a   Gelernter, Joel ^a   Kaffman, Arie ^a   Caspi, Avshalom ^b   Moffitt, Terrie ^b,c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; DEPRESSION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROTONIN BRAIN LEVEL;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 74749084117     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsych.2009.07.041     Document Type: Letter

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