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Panic disorder is associated with the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) but not the promoter region (5-HTTLPR).
Molecular psychiatry - 1 Feb 2010
Strug L J, Suresh R, Fyer A J, Talati A, Adams P B, Li W, Hodge S E, Gilliam T C, Weissman M M
Abstract excerpt
Panic disorder (PD) and social anxiety disorder (SAD) are moderately heritable anxiety disorders. We analyzed five genes, derived from pharmacological or translational mouse models, in a new case-control study of PD and SAD in European Americans: (1) the serotonin transporter (SLC6A4), (2) the serotonin receptor 1A, (3) catechol-O-methyltransferase, (4) a regulator of g-protein signaling and (5) the...
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