Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5-HTTLPR) L allele interacts with stress to increase anxiety symptoms in Chinese adolescents: A multiwave longitudinal study

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ming, Qingsen ^a   Zhang, Yun ^a   Yi, Jinyao ^a   Wang, Xiang ^a   Zhu, Xiongzhao ^a   Yao, Shuqiao ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Technology Institute of Psychiatry   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Anxiety; Gene environment; Stress

Indexed keywords

5HTTLPR GENE; ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; SELF REPORT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENT; ALLELE; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; PSYCHOLOGY;

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ADOLESCENT; ALLELES; ANXIETY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84945209097     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12888-015-0639-y     Document Type: Article

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