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Identification of a polymorphism in the promoter region of DRD4 associated with the human novelty seeking personality trait.
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Jan 2000
Okuyama Y, Ishiguro H, Nankai M, Shibuya H, Watanabe A, Arinami T
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphism in the human dopamine D4 receptor gene (DRD4) exon III has been associated in some but not all studies of the human personality trait of Novelty Seeking. We searched for polymorphisms in the 5' region of DRD4 and identified six polymorphisms as follows: -1217G Ins/Del, -809G/A, -616C/G, -603T Ins/Del, -602(G)8-9, and -521C/T. Associations between these polymorphisms and personality traits measured by...
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