Protocol for a collaborative meta-analysis of 5-HTTLPR, stress, and depression

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Culverhouse, Robert C ^a   Bowes, Lucy ^b   Breslau, Naomi ^c   Nurnberger, John I ^d   Burmeister, Margit ^e,f,g   Fergusson, David M ^h   Munafò, Marcus ⁱ   Saccone, Nancy L ^a   Bierut, Laura J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PHENOTYPE; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL ABUSE; STRESS; COOPERATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; GENE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84887367513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-13-304     Document Type: Article

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