Genetic indeterminism, the 5-HTTLPR, and the paths forward in neuropsychiatric genetics

Archives of General Psychiatry

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 457-458

  Blakely, Randy D ^a   Veenstra VanderWeele, Jeremy ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC RISK; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PROMOTER REGION; STRESS;

ADULT; ALLELES; ANIMALS; CHILD; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 79955596915     PISSN: 0003990X     EISSN: 15383636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archgenpsychiatry.2011.34     Document Type: Note

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