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A pilot genetic study of the continuum between compulsivity and impulsivity in females: the serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism.
Progress in neuro-psychopharmacology & biological psychiatry - 1 Jun 2005
Baca-García Enrique, Salgado Beatríz Rodríguez, Segal Helen Dolengevich, Lorenzo Concepción Vaquero, Acosta Mercedes Navio, Romero Manuel Arrojo, Hernández Montserrat Díaz, Saiz-Ruiz Jeronimo, Fernandez Piqueras Jose, de Leon Jose
Abstract excerpt
According to some authors the obsessive-compulsive (OC) spectrum includes on one extreme, the Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and on the other extreme the most impulsive behaviors. This is a controversial idea and other authors define the OC spectrum in different ways. The serotonin transporter (5-HTT) gene is one of the main genes that control serotonergic function. A polymorphism in the promoter area of...
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