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Neuroticism and polymorphisms in the serotonin transporter gene.
Psychological medicine - 1 May 1999
Deary I J, Battersby S, Whiteman M C, Connor J M, Fowkes F G, Harmar A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: There is evidence for an association between two different polymorphisms of the human serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) and the personality trait of neuroticism and affective disorder. METHODS: We studied the association between neuroticism and polymorphisms in the 5HTT-linked promoter region and in a variable number tandem repeat region (VNTR) of the 5-HTT gene in 204 people aged over 60 derived...
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