Sleep quality and diurnal preference in a sample of young adults: Associations with 5HTTLPR, PER3, and CLOCK 3111

American Journal of Medical Genetics, Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 681-690

  Barclay, Nicola L ^a   Eley, Thalia C ^b   Mill, Jonathan ^b   Wong, Chloe C Y ^b   Zavos, Helena M S ^b   Archer, Simon N ^c   Gregory, Alice M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Circadian rhythms; Clock genes; Genetics; Serotonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

DNA; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCADIAN CLOCKS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SLEEP; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051570531     PISSN: 15524841     EISSN: 1552485X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.b.31210     Document Type: Article

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