The serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) variant and psychiatric disorders

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 4-10

  Kuželová, Hana ^a   Ptáček, Radek ^a   Macek, Milan ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Genetics; Length variant; Psychiatric disorders; Serotonin transporter; SLC6A4

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR;

AGITATION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOLISM; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; BINGE EATING DISORDER; BIPOLAR DISORDER; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DIARRHEA; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DIZZINESS; EATING DISORDER; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FATIGUE; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE INTERACTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HEREDITY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD DISORDER; NEUROSIS; NEUROTRANSMISSION; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACOGENETICS; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROTONIN UPTAKE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIDE EFFECT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SLEEP DISORDER; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; SWEATING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 77749339033     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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