Depression, stressful life events, and the impact of variation in the serotonin transporter: Findings from the national longitudinal study of adolescent to adult health (Add Health)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Haberstick, Brett C ^a   Boardman, Jason D ^a   Wagner, Brandon ^b   Smolen, Andrew ^a   Hewitt, John K ^a   Killeya Jones, Ley A ^c   Tabor, Joyce ^c   Halpern, Carolyn T ^c,d   Brummett, Beverly H ^e   Williams, Redford B ^e   Siegler, Ilene C ^e   Hopfer, Christian J ^f   Harris, Kathleen Mullan ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

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

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER; SLC6A4 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INDEL MUTATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PROMOTER REGION; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RISK; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STRESS; STRESSFUL LIFE EVENT; SUICIDAL IDEATION; ADOLESCENT; CHILD ABUSE; COMPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; LIFE EVENT; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REHABILITATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELES; CHILD ABUSE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RISK FACTORS; SEROTONIN PLASMA MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUICIDAL IDEATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84961185399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148373     Document Type: Article

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