Serotonin transporter gene promoter polymorphism and alexithymia

Neuropsychobiology

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 76-82

  Kano, Michiko ^a   Mizuno, Tomoko ^a   Kawano, Yuko ^b   Aoki, Masashi ^a   Kanazawa, Motoyori ^a   Fukudo, Shin ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Alexithymia; Gender; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ADULT; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855365993     PISSN: 0302282X     EISSN: 14230224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000329554     Document Type: Article

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