The role of the dopamine transporter (DAT) in the development of PTSD in preschool children

Journal of Traumatic Stress

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 534-539

  Drury, Stacy S ^a   Theall, Katherine P ^b   Keats, Bronya J B ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALLELE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISASTER; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HURRICANE; MALE; PERSONALITY TEST; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; UNITED STATES; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ALLELES; AROUSAL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYCLONIC STORMS; DISASTERS; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NEW ORLEANS; ODDS RATIO; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC;

EID: 75749093008     PISSN: 08949867     EISSN: 15736598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jts.20475     Document Type: Conference Paper

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