Sex modulates the interactive effect of the serotonin transporter gene polymorphism and childhood adversity on hippocampal volume

Neuropsychopharmacology

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1848-1855

  Everaerd, Daphne ^a,b   Gerritsen, Lotte ^a,b   Rijpkema, Mark ^a   Frodl, Thomas ^c   Van Oostrom, Iris ^b   Franke, Barbara ^b   Fernández, Guillén ^a,b   Tendolkar, Indira ^a,b,d  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; brain; childhood adversity; gender; hippocampus; volumetry

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; FEMALE; GENE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE EVENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX;

ALLELES; ATROPHY; BRAIN MAPPING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SELF REPORT; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84862317974     PISSN: 0893133X     EISSN: 1740634X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2012.32     Document Type: Article

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