Serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region polymorphism and serotonin transporter binding in drug-naïve patients with major depression

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 387-393

  Joensuu, Mikko ^a   Lehto, Soili Marianne ^b   Tolmunen, Tommi ^a   Saarinen, Pirjo Irmeli ^a,b   Valkonen Korhonen, Minna ^a   Vanninen, Ritva ^c   Ahola, Pasi ^a   Tiihonen, Jari ^a,d   Kuikka, Jyrki ^e   Pesonen, Ullamari ^f   Lehtonen, Johannes ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Kuopio Psychiatric Centre   (Finland)

^c Department of Clinical Radiology ^*  (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR protein; prefrontal cortex; serotonin transporter; single photon emission computed tomography; unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NEUROIMAGING; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ALLELE; BRAIN; GENETICS; HOMOZYGOTE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; ALLELES; BRAIN; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 77955076826     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2010.02111.x     Document Type: Article

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