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A polymorphism of the beta1-adrenergic receptor is associated with low extraversion.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Aug 2004
Stein Murray B, Schork Nicholas J, Gelernter Joel
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BACKGROUND: We examined the possibility that allelic variation leading to alterations in beta(1)-adrenergic function might be present in persons with elevated social anxiety-related traits. METHODS: A sample of 504 undergraduate college students were phenotyped on a personality inventory (the NEO-Personality Inventory-Revised) and measures of shyness and social anxiety and genotyped for two beta(1) adrenergic...
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