Effect of tryptophan hydroxylase-2 gene variants on amygdalar and hippocampal volumes

Brain Research

Volumn 1331, Issue , 2010, Pages 51-57

  Inoue, Hideyuki ^a   Yamasue, Hidenori ^a,b   Tochigi, Mamoru ^a   Takei, Kunio ^c   Suga, Motomu ^a   Abe, Osamu ^a   Yamada, Haruyasu ^a   Rogers, Mark A ^a,d   Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Sasaki, Tsukasa ^c   Kasai, Kiyoto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amygdala; Endophenotype; Hippocampus; Manual tracing; Temperament and Character Inventory (TCI); Tryptophan hydroxylase 2 (TPH2)

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALA; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOOD DISORDERS; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951296730     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2010.03.057     Document Type: Article

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