A pilot study exploring the association of morphological changes with 5-HTTLPR polymorphism in OCD patients

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Honda, Shinichi ^a   Nakao, Tomohiro ^a   Mitsuyasu, Hiroshi ^a   Okada, Kayo ^a   Gotoh, Leo ^b   Tomita, Mayumi ^c   Sanematsu, Hirokuni ^a   Murayama, Keitaro ^a   Ikari, Keisuke ^a   Kuwano, Masumi ^a   Yoshiura, Takashi ^d   Kawasaki, Hiroaki ^a,e   Kanba, Shigenobu ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

5 HTTLPR; Frontal pole; Hippocampus; Imaging genetics; Obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD); Precentral gyrus; Serotonin transporter gene; Voxel based morphometry (VBM)

Indexed keywords

SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

5 HTTLPR GENE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SIZE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOTYPING TECHNIQUE; GRAY MATTER; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PILOT STUDY; PRIMARY MOTOR CORTEX; RIGHT HEMISPHERE; TANDEM REPEAT;

EID: 85012079656     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12991-017-0126-6     Document Type: Article

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