Interactions between functional serotonergic polymorphisms and demographic factors influence personality traits in healthy Spanish Caucasians

Psychiatric Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 171-178

  Saiz, Pilar Alejandra ^a   Garcia Portilla, Maria P ^a   Herrero, Rocío ^b   Arango, Celso ^d   Corcoran, Paul ^a,f   Morales, Blanca ^c   Bascarán, Maria Teresa ^a   Alvarez, Victoria ^c   Coto, Eliecer ^c   Paredes, Begoña ^e   Fernández, Juan M ^a   Bobes, Julio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Health Services of Asturias (SESPA)   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

^e San Agustin Hospital   (Spain)

^f NATIONAL SUICIDE RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Character; HTR2A polymorphisms; SLC6A4 polymorphisms; temperament; Temperament and Character Inventory

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SELF TRANSCENDENCE; SEROTONINERGIC SYSTEM; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERAMENT; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT; REWARD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXPLORATORY BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HEALTH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT, HERITABLE; REWARD; SEROTONIN; SPAIN; TEMPERAMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954888106     PISSN: 09558829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/YPG.0b013e32833a20b9     Document Type: Article

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