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An interaction between the catechol O-methyltransferase and serotonin transporter promoter region polymorphisms contributes to tridimensional personality questionnaire persistence scores in normal subjects.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Benjamin J, Osher Y, Lichtenberg P, Bachner-Melman R, Gritsenko I, Kotler M, Belmaker R H, Valsky V, Drendel M, Ebstein R P
Abstract excerpt
Persistence (RD2) is a subscale of the reward dependence trait, one of the three major personality factors assessed by the Tridimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ). Subjects with high RD2 scores are characterized as industrious, hard-working, ambitious, perfectionistic. TPQ scores were examined in 577 normal subjects inventoried for two common genetic polymorphisms, the catechol O-methyltransferase (COMT)...
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