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The serotonin transporter gene and startle response during nicotine deprivation.
Biological psychology - 1 Jan 2011
Minnix Jennifer A, Robinson Jason D, Lam Cho Y, Carter Brian L, Foreman Jennifer E, Vandenbergh David J, Tomlinson Gail E, Wetter David W, Cinciripini Paul M
Abstract excerpt
Affective startle probe methodology was used to examine the effects of nicotine administration and deprivation on emotional processes among individuals carrying at least one s allele versus those with the l/l genotype of the 5-Hydroxytryptamine (Serotonin) Transporter Linked Polymorphic Region, 5-HTTLPR in the promoter region of the serotonin transporter gene [solute ligand carrier family 6 member A4 (SLC6A4) or...
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