The short (S) allele of the serotonin transporter polymorphism and acute tryptophan depletion both increase impulsivity in men

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 473, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 208-211

  Walderhaug, Espen ^a,d   Herman, Aryeh Isaac ^a   Magnusson, Andres ^b   Morgan, Michael John ^c,d   Landrø, Nils Inge ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Genetics; Impulsivity; Serotonin; Signal detection theory; Tryptophan depletion

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ALLELES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRYPTOPHAN;

EID: 77950339788     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.02.048     Document Type: Article

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