Candidate-gene approach in posttraumatic stress disorder after urban violence: Association analysis of the genes encoding serotonin transporter, dopamine transporter, and BDNF

Journal of Molecular Neuroscience

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 59-67

  Valente, Nina Leão Marques ^a   Vallada, Homero ^b   Cordeiro, Quirino ^b   Miguita, Karen ^b,d   Bressan, Rodrigo Affonseca ^a   Andreoli, Sergio Baxter ^a   Mari, Jair Jesus ^a,c   Mello, Marcelo Feijó ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; BDNF; DAT1; Polymorphism; Posttraumatic stress disorder; PTSD; Violence

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; URBAN AREA; VARIABLE NUMBER OF TANDEM REPEAT; VIOLENCE;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; DOPAMINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; URBAN POPULATION; VIOLENCE;

EID: 79955916306     PISSN: 08958696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12031-011-9513-7     Document Type: Article

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