Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism, childhood trauma, and cognition in patients with psychotic disorders

Schizophrenia Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 15-22

  Aas, Monica ^a   Djurovic, Srdjan ^a,b   Athanasiu, Lavinia ^b   Steen, Nils Eiel ^b   Agartz, Ingrid ^a,c   Lorentzen, Steinar ^c   Sundet, Kjetil ^a   Andreassen, Ole A ^a,b   Melle, Ingrid ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

childhood trauma; cognitive function; psychosis; serotonin transporter gene

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CHILDHOOD INJURY; CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILD ABUSE; ALLELES; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84555186893     PISSN: 05867614     EISSN: 17451701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/schbul/sbr113     Document Type: Article

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