Polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene modulates brain and physiological responses to acute stress in Japanese men

Stress

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 533-543

  Ohira, Hideki ^a   Matsunaga, Masahiro ^a,b   Isowa, Tokiko ^c   Nomura, Michio ^d   Ichikawa, Naho ^a   Kimura, Kenta ^e   Kanayama, Noriaki ^a   Murakami, Hiroki ^a   Osumi, Takahiro ^a   Konagaya, Toshihiro ^f   Nogimori, Tsuyoshi ^g   Fukuyama, Seisuke ^h,i   Shinoda, Jun ^h,i   Yamada, Jitsuhiro ^h,i  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^f NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g SHOWA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Kizawa Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

ⁱ KANAGAWA DENTAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

5HTTLPR; Acute stress; Blood pressure; Catecholamine; Positron emission tomography (PET); Serotonin

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ACUTE STRESS; ADRENALIN RELEASE; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CEREBELLUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS; JAPANESE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULVINAR; TASK PERFORMANCE; ALLELE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ALLELES; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BLOOD PRESSURE; BRAIN; EPINEPHRINE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749116377     PISSN: 10253890     EISSN: 16078888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10253890902787826     Document Type: Article

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