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The -67 A/T promoter polymorphism in the dopamine transporter gene affects personality traits of Japanese healthy females.
Behavioural brain research - 12 Oct 2009
Shibuya Naoshi, Kamata Mitsuhiro, Suzuki Akihito, Matsumoto Yoshihiko, Goto Kaoru, Otani Koichi
Abstract excerpt
Dopamine transporter (DAT) plays a major role in terminating dopamine neurotransmission, which may be involved in the characterization of personality traits. Recently, polymorphisms of the promoter region (-67 A/T) and intron 8 (40-bp variable number of tandem repeats, VNTRs) in the DAT gene were reported to affect DAT expression. In the present study, we examined the associations of these polymorphisms with...
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