Seasonal affective disorder and the G-protein β-3-subunit C825T polymorphism

Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 317-319

  Johansson, Carolina ^a   Willeit, Matthäeus ^b   Aron, Liviu ^a   Smedh, Christina ^c   Ekholm, Jenny ^d   Paunio, Tiina ^d   Kieseppä, Tuula ^d   Lichtermann, Dirk ^e   Praschak Rieder, Nicole ^b   Neumeister, Alexander ^b,f   Kasper, Siegfried ^b   Peltonen, Leena ^d   Adolfsson, Rolf ^c   Partonen, Timo ^d   Schalling, Martin ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Association study; Depression; g 3; Morningness eveningness; Seasonality; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 9144240435     PISSN: 00063223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3223(03)00640-1     Document Type: Article

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