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The modulatory influence of polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene on characteristics of mental maladaptation in relatives of patients with endogenous psychoses.
Neuroscience and behavioral physiology - 1 Mar 2008
Alfimova M V, Golimbet V E, Korovaitseva G I, Lezheiko T V, Abramova L I, Kaleda V G, Barkhatova A N
Abstract excerpt
A number of studies have reported an association between 5-HTTLPR, a polymorphism of the serotonin transporter gene, and the development of depressive states in response to a variety of distal and proximal stressors. We report here studies of the effects of the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism on the probability that an individual will develop mental maladaptation in 224 close relatives of patients with severe chronic...
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