Article
Frontal and limbic metabolic differences in subjects selected according to genetic variation of the SLC6A4 gene polymorphism.
NeuroImage - 1 May 2005
Graff-Guerrero A, De la Fuente-Sandoval C, Camarena B, Gómez-Martin D, Apiquián R, Fresán A, Aguilar A, Méndez-Núñez J C, Escalona-Huerta C, Drucker-Colín R, Nicolini H
Abstract excerpt
Allelic variants in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene have been implicated in several psychiatric disorders and personality traits. In particular, two common alleles in a variable repeat sequence of the promoter region (SLC6A4) have been differentially associated with a display of abnormal levels of anxiety and affective illness in individuals carrying the "s" allele. The aim of this...
Topics
- Adult
- Alleles
- Brain Mapping
- Female
- Frontal Lobe
- Genotype
- Humans
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Limbic System
- Male
- Membrane Glycoproteins
