Article
Tyrosine hydroxylase and DOPA decarboxylase gene variants in personality traits.
Neuropsychobiology - 1 Jan 2009
Giegling Ina, Moreno-De-Luca Daniel, Calati Raffaella, Hartmann Annette M, Möller Hans-Jürgen, De Ronchi Diana, Rujescu Dan, Serretti Alessandro
Abstract excerpt
Personality influences several characteristics of normal and pathologic behaviors and it is associated with neurotransmitter systems that are under genetic control. The dopaminergic system has been proposed to play a role in the modulation of personality traits. In the present study, variants of the tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and DOPA decarboxylase (DDC) genes (for TH: rs3842727, rs6356; for DDC: rs1451371,...
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