Article
Serotonin transporter gene polymorphism influences age at onset in patients with bipolar affective disorder.
Neuroscience letters - 6 Dec 2002
Bellivier Frank, Leroux Maÿliss, Henry Chantal, Rayah Fadila, Rouillon Frédéric, Laplanche Jean-Louis, Leboyer Marion
Abstract excerpt
Serotonin transporter (SLC6A4) gene polymorphism is associated with several behavioral and psychiatric traits. In bipolar affective disorder, two polymorphisms of the SLC6A4 gene, a variable number of tandem repeats in the second intron and a 44 bp insertion/deletion in the serotonin transporter...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Bipolar Disorder
- Carrier Proteins
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
- Membrane Transport Proteins
- Middle Aged
