Association of the rs2242446 polymorphism in the norepinephrine transporter gene SLC6A2 and anxious arousal symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2015, Pages e537-e538

  Pietrzak, Robert H ^a,b   Sumner, Jennifer A ^c   Aiello, Allison E ^d   Uddin, Monica ^e   Neumeister, Alexander ^f   Guffanti, Guia ^c   Koenen, Karestan C ^c  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A2 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ANXIOUS AROUSAL SYMPTOM; AROUSAL; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOLUTE CARRIER FAMILY 6 MEMBER 2 GENE; URBAN POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALLELE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALLELES; ANXIETY; AROUSAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; NOREPINEPHRINE PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84932140250     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: 15552101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.14l09346     Document Type: Letter

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