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Looking on the bright side of serotonin transporter gene variation.
Biological psychiatry - 15 Mar 2011
Homberg Judith R, Lesch Klaus-Peter
Abstract excerpt
Converging evidence indicates an association of the short (s), low-expressing variant of the repeat length polymorphism, serotonin transporter-linked polymorphic region (5-HTTLPR), in the human serotonin transporter gene (5-HTT, SERT, SLC6A4) with anxiety-related traits and increased risk for depression in interaction with psychosocial adversity across the life span. However, genetically driven deficient...
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