Article
Serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene polymorphism in psychogeriatric patients.
Neuroscience letters - 21 Apr 2000
Zill P, Padberg F, de Jonge S, Hampel H, Bürger K, Stübner S, Boetsch T, Jürgen Möller H, Ackenheil M, Bondy B
Abstract excerpt
Several studies have attempted to confirm an association between a deletion/insertion polymorphism within the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT) and Alzheimer's disease independent from the apolipoprotein E (APOE) varepsilon4 status. We examined this deletion/insertion polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene in a sample of 222 consecutively recruited gerontopsychiatric patients which...
Topics
- Aged
- Aging
- Alleles
- Alzheimer Disease
- Carrier Proteins
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Mental Disorders
