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A polymorphism in the serotonin transporter gene moderates cardiovascular reactivity to psychosocial stress.
Psychosomatic medicine - 1 May 2011
Way Baldwin M, Taylor Shelley E
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OBJECTIVE: To examine whether a polymorphism (5-HTTLPR: serotonin transporter linked polymorphic region) in the promoter of the serotonin transporter gene (SLC6A4) moderates cardiovascular reactivity to social threat. METHODS: Psychologically healthy young adults delivered a speech and performed mental arithmetic in one of three conditions: a) an evaluative audience condition that gave disapproving and negative...
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