Dopamine D4 receptor exon III polymorphism, adverse life events and personality traits in a nonclinical german adult sample

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 52-58

  Reiner, Iris ^a   Spangler, Gottfried ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adverse life events; Dopamine D4 receptor gene; Gene environment interaction; Personality

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 4 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ADVERSE LIFE EVENT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; EXON; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC TRAIT; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPULSIVENESS; LIFE EVENT; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT;

ADULT; ALLELES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; EXONS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D4; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 78049475477     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322291     Document Type: Article

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