Seasonal variation of serotonin turnover in human cerebrospinal fluid, depressive symptoms and the role of the 5-HTTLPR

Translational Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Luykx, J J ^a,b   Bakker, S C ^a   Van Geloven, N ^c   Eijkemans, M J C ^a   Horvath, S ^d,e   Lentjes, E ^a   Boks, M P M ^a   Strengman, E ^a   Deyoung, J ^f   Buizer Voskamp, J E ^a   Cantor, R M ^e   Lu, A ^e   Van Dongen, E P A ^g   Borgdorff, P ^h   Bruins, P ^g   Kahn, R S ^a   Ophoff, R A ^a,d,f  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ZNA Hospitals   (Belgium)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^h DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Cerebrospinal fluid; Depression; Monoamine; Season; Serotonin

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; PROTEIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER LINKED POLYMORPHIC REGION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DRUG CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; FEMALE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SEASONAL VARIATION; TURNOVER TIME; VARIANCE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; GENETICS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASON;

ADULT; ALLELES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMOVANILLIC ACID; HUMANS; HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEASONS; SEROTONIN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS;

EID: 84885358667     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21583188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/tp.2013.84     Document Type: Article

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