Seasonality and winter-type seasonal depression are associated with the rs731779 polymorphism of the serotonin-2A receptor gene

European Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 655-662

  Molnar, Eszter ^a   Lazary, Judit ^a   Benko, Anita ^a   Gonda, Xenia ^a   Pap, Dorottya ^a   Mekli, Krisztina ^b   Juhasz, Gabriella ^b   Kovacs, Gabor ^c   Kurimay, Tamas ^d   Rihmer, Zoltan ^a   Bagdy, Gyorgy ^a,e  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Psychiatry   (Hungary)

^d ST JOHN'S HOSPITAL   (Hungary)

^e INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

5 HT2A receptor gene; Depression; Rs6311; Rs731779; Rs985934; Seasonal affective disorder

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL SEASONALITY SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL PATTERN ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SELF EVALUATION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 77955096662     PISSN: 0924977X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euroneuro.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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