The Secret Ingredient for Social Success of Young Males: A Functional Polymorphism in the 5HT2A Serotonin Receptor Gene

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Dijkstra, Jan Kornelis ^a   Lindenberg, Siegwart ^a,b   Zijlstra, Lieuwe ^a   Bouma, Esther ^a   Veenstra, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN 2A RECEPTOR; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CASE REPORT; COHORT ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; PEER GROUP; PROMOTER REGION; RECEPTOR GENE; SEROTONIN RECEPTOR GENE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; AGGRESSION; ALLELES; FEMALE; FRIENDS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PEER GROUP; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTOR, SEROTONIN, 5-HT2A;

EID: 84874004106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054821     Document Type: Article

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