No effect of 5HTTLPR or BDNF Val66Met polymorphism on hippocampal morphology in major depression

Genes, Brain and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 756-764

  Cole, J ^a   Weinberger, D R ^b   Mattay, V S ^b   Cheng, X ^b   Toga, A W ^c   Thompson, P M ^c   Powell Smith, G ^a   Cohen Woods, S ^a   Simmons, A ^a,d   Mcguffin, P ^a,d   Fu, C H Y ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5HTTLPR; BDNF; Hippocampus; Major depressive disorder; MRI; Shape mapping

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; METHIONINE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; VALINE;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

HEPATITIS C VIRUS;

EID: 80053636001     PISSN: 16011848     EISSN: 1601183X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1601-183X.2011.00714.x     Document Type: Article

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