Serotonin transporter (5-HTTLPR) genotype and childhood trauma are associated with individual differences in decision making

Frontiers in Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue JUNE, 2011, Pages

  Stoltenberg, Scott F ^a   Lehmann, Melissa K ^b   Anderson, Cynthia ^b   Nag, Parthasarathi ^b   Anagnopoulos, Cheryl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BLACK HILLS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Early life stress; Risk; Rs25531; SERT

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859708708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16648021     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fgene.2011.00033     Document Type: Article

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