Association of the serotonin transporter promoter region polymorphism with biased attention for negative word stimuli

Depression and Anxiety

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 746-751

  Kwang, Tracy ^a   Wells, Tony T ^a   McGeary, John E ^b   Swann Jr , William B ^a   Beevers, Christopher G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR polymorphism; Anxiety; Attention; Depression; Serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGATIVE WORD STIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SELF ESTEEM; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; PAIRED-ASSOCIATE LEARNING; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REACTION TIME; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SEMANTICS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956808730     PISSN: 10914269     EISSN: 15206394     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/da.20708     Document Type: Article

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