Genetic variation at the TPH2 gene influences impulsivity in addition to eating disorders

Behavior Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-33

  Slof Op'T Landt, Margarita C T ^a,b,c   Bartels, Meike ^c   Middeldorp, Christel M ^c,d,e   Van Beijsterveldt, Catherina E M ^c   Slagboom, P Eline ^b   Boomsma, Dorret I ^c   Van Furth, Eric F ^a   Meulenbelt, Ingrid ^b  

^a Center for Eating Disorders Ursula   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Association analysis; Eating disorders; Impulsivity; Perfectionism; TPH2

Indexed keywords

TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERFECTIONISM; PERSONALITY; PHENOTYPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE 2 GENE; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; BULIMIA NERVOSA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; TRYPTOPHAN HYDROXYLASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872684506     PISSN: 00018244     EISSN: 15733297     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10519-012-9569-3     Document Type: Article

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