Stressful life events and the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) in recurrent clinical depression

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 136, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 189-193

  Fisher, Helen L ^a   Cohen Woods, Sarah ^a   Hosang, Georgina M ^a   Uher, Rudolf ^a   Powell Smith, Georgia ^a   Keers, Robert ^a   Tropeano, Maria ^a   Korszun, Ania ^b   Jones, Lisa ^c   Jones, Ian ^d   Owen, Mike ^d   Craddock, Nick ^d   Craig, Ian W ^a   Farmer, Anne E ^a   McGuffin, Peter ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Gene environment interaction; Recurrent; Serotonin transporter gene; Stressful life events; Unipolar depression

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA ISOLATION; FEMALE; GENETIC MODEL; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84857051606     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: 15732517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2011.09.016     Document Type: Article

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