A serotonin transporter polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) predicts the development of adolescent alcohol use

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 134-139

  van der Zwaluw, Carmen S ^a   Engels, Rutger C M E ^a   Vermulst, Ad A ^a   Rose, Richard J ^b   Verkes, Robbert J ^c   Buitelaar, Jan ^c   Franke, Barbara ^c   Scholte, Ron H J ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Adolescence; Alcohol; Development; Serotonin transporter

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGREEABLENESS; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD GROWTH; CONSCIENTIOUSNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OPENNESS; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALLELES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 78049343277     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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