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Dopamine D4 receptor gene polymorphism and personality traits in healthy volunteers.
European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience - 1 Jan 2000
Persson M L, Wasserman D, Geijer T, Frisch A, Rockah R, Michaelovsky E, Apter A, Weizman A, Jönsson E G, Bergman H
Abstract excerpt
An association between long alleles of a variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) polymorphism in the dopamine receptor D4 gene and the extraversion related personality traits Excitement and Novelty Seeking has been reported in healthy subjects. In an attempt to replicate the previous findings, 256 healthy Caucasian volunteers were analysed for a potential relationship between the dopamine receptor D4 exon III VNTR...
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