Association between tryptophan hydroxylase 2 polymorphism and anger-related personality traits among young Korean women

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 158-163

  Yang, Jaewon ^a,b   Lee, Moon Soo ^a,b   Lee, So Hee ^c   Lee, Boung Chul ^d   Kim, Seung Hyun ^a,b   Joe, Sook Haeng ^a,b   Jung, In Kwa ^a,b   Choi, Ihn Geun ^d   Ham, Byung Joo ^a,b  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c National Medical Center   (South Korea)

^d Hallym University Medical Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anger; Polymorphism; Tryptophan hydroxylase 2

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

ADULT; ANGER; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; KOREA; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 77954396429     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000318572     Document Type: Article

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