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Possible association between serotonin transporter promoter region polymorphism and impulsivity in Koreans.
Psychiatry research - 1 May 2003
Lee Jong-Hun, Kim Hong-Tae, Hyun Dae-Sung
Abstract excerpt
Serotonin has become the major focus of biological studies of suicidal behavior and impulsive-aggressive behavior in humans. The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene is one of the important genes involved in the regulation of serotonin transmission. We examined the association of impulsivity in Korean populations with a functional polymorphism of the promoter region of the 5-HTT gene (5-HTTLPR). We recruited 186...
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