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The theoretical underpinnings of affective temperaments: implications for evolutionary foundations of bipolar disorder and human nature.

Journal of affective disorders - 1 Mar 2005

Akiskal Kareen K, Akiskal Hagop S

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We sketch out putative evolutionary roles for affective temperaments within the theoretical framework of mood disorders conceptualized as extremes in an oligogenic model of inheritance, whereby the constituent traits in their dilute phenotypes confer adaptive advantages to individuals and/or thei...

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PMID: 15780693
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2004.08.002

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