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Clinical and genetic dissection of anger expression and CREB1 polymorphisms in major depressive disorder.
Biological psychiatry - 1 Sept 2007
Perlis Roy H, Purcell Shaun, Fagerness Jesen, Cusin Cristina, Yamaki Lesley, Fava Maurizio, Smoller Jordan W
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BACKGROUND: Anger and irritability are prominent in a subset of individuals with major depressive disorder (MDD). Phosphorylation of the transcription factor cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) Response Element Binding Protein (CREB) has been associated with aggression or reward/aversion in rodents, and markers near CREB1 have been linked to MDD. Therefore, we examined the association between CREB1...
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