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Association between novelty seeking and dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) exon III polymorphism in Japanese subjects.
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Oct 1999
Tomitaka M, Tomitaka S, Otuka Y, Kim K, Matuki H, Sakamoto K, Tanaka A
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we investigated the association between dopamine receptor D4 (DRD4) exon III polymorphism and novelty seeking in 69 Japanese women. The group of subjects with long allele (> or =5 repeats) exhibited significantly elevated novelty seeking scores in comparison with subjects lacking the long allele. By contrast, the scores for harm avoidance, reward dependence, and persistence were statistically...
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