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The long and the short of it: associations between 5-HTT genotypes and coping with stress.
Psychosomatic medicine - 1 Jan 2000
Wilhelm Kay, Siegel Jennifer E, Finch Adam W, Hadzi-Pavlovic Dusan, Mitchell Philip B, Parker Gordon, Schofield Peter R
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether the strategies people use to cope with stress were associated with differing serotonin transporter (5-HTT) genotypes. The short (s) variant of the 5-HTT promoter polymorphism has been associated with an increased likelihood of depression after significant life stress and greater emotional reactivity to fear-invoking stimuli. METHODS: Coping strategies were assessed within a...
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