Influence of serotonin transporter genotype and catechol-O- methyltransferase Val158Met polymorphism on recognition of emotional faces

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1014-1020

  Defrancesco, Michaela ^a   Niederstätter, Harald ^a   Parson, Walther ^a   Oberacher, Herbert ^a   Hinterhuber, Hartmann ^a   Canazei, Markus ^b   Bidner, Judith ^a   Deisenhammer, Eberhard A ^a   Kemmler, Georg ^a   Weiss, Elisabeth M ^c   Marksteiner, Josef ^d  

^a INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^b Rinnerstrasse 14 A 6071 Aldrans   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^d LKH Hall ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

5 HTT; COMT; Emotion recognition; Emotional face; Genetics; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

EID: 80455150369     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S135561771100097X     Document Type: Article

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