Serotonin transporter genotype and action monitoring dysfunction: A possible substrate underlying increased vulnerability to depression

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1186-1197

  Holmes, Avram J ^a   Bogdan, Ryan ^a   Pizzagalli, Diego A ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Action monitoring; Anterior cingulate cortex; Conflict monitoring; Depression; Executive functioning; Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism (5 HTTLPR)

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CINGULATE GYRUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TANDEM REPEAT;

BRAIN; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GYRUS CINGULI; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949540605     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.223     Document Type: Article

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