Childhood stress, serotonin transporter Gene and Brain structures in major depression

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1383-1390

  Frodl, Thomas ^a,b   Reinhold, Elena ^a,b   Koutsouleris, Nikolaos ^b   Donohoe, Gary ^a   Bondy, Brigitta ^b   Reiser, Maximilian ^c   Möller, Hans Jürgen ^b   Meisenzahl, Eva M ^b  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Childhood stress; Gene environment; Hippocampus; Major depression

Indexed keywords

BRAIN RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER 5 HTTLPR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER SLC6A4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STRESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC TESTING; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951122900     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2010.8     Document Type: Article

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